Driving Miss Daisy - an intimate socio-drama about an elderly, vinegary Jewish widow Daisy Werthen and her good-natured black chauffeur Hoke Coleburn down Dixie way spanning the pre-to-post-civil-rights era - is sweet and sharp: an examination of humanity and the racial divide with only a smattering of it's-good-for-you preachiness. At first, Hoke's presence in her life is met with disdain. But over the course of 25 years, Hoke becomes not only her chauffeur, but against all odds, her best friend.

DRIVING MISS DAISY, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21, through Nov. 23, The Dukesbay Theater, 508 S. Sixth Ave., Tacoma, $15, which includes coffee and an assortment of baked goods, 253.267.0869

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