NewsPHOTO CALL: Fences, with Denzel Washington, Opens on BroadwayDenzel Washington, Viola Davis and the company of the Broadway revival of August Wilson's Fences celebrated their opening night April 26 at the Cort Theatre.
By
Ernio Hernandez
April 27, 2010
Washington (Julius Caesar) stars as Troy Maxson opposite Viola Davis (Proof) as Rose in the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play.
Fences centers on Troy Maxson, a Pittsburgh sanitation worker who once dreamed of a baseball career, but was too old when the major leagues finally admitted black players. According to production notes, "As he faces off against the racial barrier at work and his own disappointments, Troy also grapples with his son, Cory, over the teenager's hope for a football scholarship and with his wife, Rose, who confronts Troy over a child he has fathered with another woman."
Here's a look at the opening night:
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Fences Opening Night on Broadway
Fences Opening Night on Broadway
Denzel Washington, Viola Davis and the company of the Broadway revival of August Wilson's Fences celebrated their opening night April 26 at the Cort Theatre. Read the Playbill.com story.
Thom Yorke has joined forces with co-directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones on the new production for Royal Shakespeare Company and Factory International.
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