Thurgood Marshall Resurrected on Broadway
October 25, 2007
Laurence Fishburne will bring to life the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in a one-man show next spring on Broadway.
Marshall was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice and is well-known for his role as NAACP chief counsel in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas case.
“Thurgood” was written by George Stevens, Jr., who received an Emmy for the television miniseries Separate but Equal (1991) also based on Marshall’s life, and is under the direction of Leonard Foglia. Preview performances start March 30 and the play is set to officially open April 30 at the Booth Theatre.
Fishburne is widely-known for his role as “Morpheus” in the Matrix trilogy, but he is no stranger to Broadway. He received a Tony Award in 1992 as Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in August Wilson’s “Two Trains Running” and appeared in the 1999 production of “The Lion in Winter.”
-Dana L. Oliver
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