Fences
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 26, 2010
Closed Jul 11, 2010
Opened Apr 26, 2010
Closed Jul 11, 2010
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play!
Two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington stars in the first Broadway revival of Fences, the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by August Wilson. The production also star Tony Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee Viola Davis. Kenny Leon directs.
Fences is one of the ten plays in August Wilson's sweeping Pittsburgh Cycle, focusing on the twentieth century African-American experience. Fences takes place over eight years from 1957 to 1965. Washington stars as 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. 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 (Davis), who confronts Troy over a child he has fathered with another woman.
A limited 13-week engagement.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
Loved It
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis were phenomenal! As a child this was the first play I ever saw so it will always have a place in my heart. I remember hearing and seeing James Earl Jones and being mesmerized by his voice and talent. The performance of Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, Stephen Henderson, Chris Chalk, and Eden Duncan-Smith was awesome. What can I say I was blown away by all of the talent on stage last night. I hope they extend the play for everyone to see Denzel and Viola great chemistry and skill on Broadway.
Reviewed by alarabia
on Thursday, Jun 17th, 2010
Nov58
A wonderful production with a steller cast. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are magic working together in this revival of an August Wilson classic!
Reviewed by nov58
on Sunday, Jun 6th, 2010
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Denzel Washington delivers a powerful yet nuanced performance as Troy Maxson in the absolutely terrific Broadway revival of August Wilson's Fences, now at the Cort Theatre. Under the skillful direction of Kenny Leon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play presents a stirring account of a man who wants more out of life than he's been able to get, and whose attempts to grab hold of something else has severe consequences for himself and his family.
In the play's first couple of scenes, Washington pours on the charm. Troy's stories provoke laughter and smiles from his wife Rose (Viola Davis) and his best friend Bono (Stephen McKinley Henderson). At age 53, Troy is a still virile man who appears to g[...]