"No" was Charlayne Woodard's first response when director Rebecca Bayla Taichman asked her to consider playing Katherina in "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Shakespeare Theatre, where it is running through Nov. 18. "I just said no right away. And that was it, no explanation," recalls the actress. -
'Taming' a Tough Role
"No" was Charlayne Woodard's first response when director Rebecca Bayla Taichman asked her to consider playing Katherina in "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Shakespeare Theatre, where it is running through Nov. 18. "I just said no right away. And that was it, no explanation," recalls the actress.-
By Jane Horwitz