You could say Shirley Richardson has a theatrical heritage. Growing up in Miami in the '50s and '60s, her entire family worked for the Coconut Grove Playhouse, either as domestic or manual laborers. Her mother, Bennie Mae, was a cleaning woman at the playhouse from 1954 to 1964 and often took Shirley to work with her. From the back row, Shirley fell in love with the stage and met the likes of Tallulah Bankhead and Joan Blondell. "I saw... More >>>