The First Time: Anna Deavere Smith: The First Time a White Person Wrote 'Love' to Me
The playwright and actress recalls making an unexpected friendship in a Baltimore high school in the early 1960s, and feeling less invisible.
Today is Friday, October 23, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: John Hill Saycon Sengbloh Linzi Hateley Dumisani Dlamini Andrew Hill Newman Ed Fitzgerald Michael Rupert Lisby Larson Ellie Greenwich J. Corkey Geil Johnny Carson James Daly Augusta Dabney Helen Verbit Hayden Rorke Oliver Barbour George Rylands Lilyan Tashman Seymour Felix Armand Kaliz Tot Seymour Una O'Connor Sarah Bernhardt Maury Yeston Dimitra Arliss Don Perkins Manos Hadjidakis