‘The Return of Benjamin Lay’ gives big props to one of history’s Little People

‘The Return of Benjamin Lay’ gives big props to one of history’s Little People

Maybe it’ll be different when “The Return of Benjamin Lay,” opens here in May, but actor Mark Povinelli has his theories about why it’s been such an uphill battle for his one-man show to get the recognition it deserved in London and New York. And his theory boils down to size – his size. Povinelli is 3 feet, 9.5 inches tall. “What are the images that we’ve seen over centuries of Little People?” he said, using the accepted term for people with dw…