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It’s about to be a very busy season for the actor André Holland. His latest film, “Love, Brooklyn,” begins its theatrical run on August 29th. A day after, he will start a new run of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play “The Brothers Size,” at the Shed. Both projects are, in their own ways, expressions of community: in “Love, Brooklyn,” Holland plays a writer crafting an appraisal of his beloved borough, while “The Brothers Size” represents a continuation of a decades-long creative relationship. (Holland and McCraney worked together on “Moonlight,” which was based on a play of McCran

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