When Academy Award-nominated and legendary actress Ruby Dee witnessed Daniel Beaty perform “Emergency†– his one-man show with more than 40 characters – she described it as “a performance that jolts the senses to attention.†But Ruby Dee also told this incredibly talented writer, poet, humorist and actor something else: He was the artist, she said, who was continuing her legacy and the legacy of her late husband Ossie Davis.
“It’s been such an incredible honor, “ said Beaty, a Yale University graduate and 2007 Obie Award for Excellence winner for his writing and performing in Off-Broadway Theater. “I’ve had a series of angels, the grace of God and a really blessed journey,†he told the L.A. Sentinel in an exclusive interview.