"Fences" - starring Denzel Washington (limited run)
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are to star in August Wilson's monumental Pulitzer Prize winning play, "Fences" This play originally starred James Earl Jones and won 4 Tony Awards including Best Play, the Pulitzer Play for Best Drama, 3 Drama Desk awards including Best Play and the New York Critics Circle Award for Best Play. August Wilson is considered by many to be the greatest African American Playwriter of all time.
Denzel stars as a 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 barriers at work and his own disappointment, he also grapples with his son over the teenager's hope for a football scholarship and with his wife (Viola Davis) who confronts him over a child he has fathered with another woman. This play will bring tears to your eyes so come prepared
“In the Heights” - Voted Best Musical for 2008!
This high energy innovative play reflects the story of immigrants coming to NYC striving towards their dreams while living in a crowded poor area of the city. They soon learn the importance of being a part of a community and the rewards of working together. There is romance, superb dancing, combined with vibrant urban music with hip-hop, salsa, and meringue flavored score. The show will leave you breathless.
"Memphis"
Memphis is a new musical about the birth of Rock & Roll in the 1950's and the tremendous racial barriers African American artists faced getting their music heard before the Civil Rights Movement!
Partially based on a true life story of a Caucasian DJ who falls in love with the unique new sounds germinating in the black night clubs on Beale Street in Memphis during the early fifties.
His passion grows for this new era of music and leads him to believe that music is color blind and his white audience will embrace this new music as much as he does.
In the midst of great racial conflict, he steadfastly continues to play the music he feels so strongly about and also finds himself falling in love with a beautiful black songstress. Come see this unique "Love Story" and how it unfolds.
This show will have you dancing in your seats, in the aisle and on the bus ride home- guaranteed!
"Lion King," "9 to 5," & "Wicked" Also Available
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