Kenny Leon's stage play, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
I had the honor and a pleasure being a part of the Atlanta stages World Premiere of “ Guess Who’s Coming to Dinne r” at the Rialto Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. Playwright Todd Kreidler delivered excellent work of his script, based on the screenplay by William Rose. What really made this a wonderful event for me, was that one of my local hero's, Afemo Omilami (Hosea Feed The Hungry) and the beautiful , Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby's) stared in this rendition based on the 1967 film starring Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and introduced Katharine Houghton . I was parking my car and was standing in line in the searing heat waiting to make my parking payment while Mr. Omilami was just ahead of me. I asked him why on earth he was standing out in the heat like us commoner? As the servant he is, he stated " because I am a commoner". I really don't know what else I expected from such a humble and community giving man. My apologies Mr. O...