"Red Velvet" Could Use A Little More Texture
Ira Aldridge, the first black man to play Othello before a white audience, is a fascinating character. And Adrian Lester, who recently played the Moor in an acclaimed production by London's National Theatre, can be a compelling actor. So I wish I could say that I enjoyed Lester's portrayal of Aldridge in Red Velvet, the biodrama now running at St. Ann's Warehouse through April 20, as much as so many other folks appar…