Directed by Kenny Leon, the production starred Denzel Washington and Viola Davis.The revival was nominated for ten Tony Awards, winning three for Best Revival of a Play, Best Actor in a Play (Denzel Washington), and Best Actress in a Play (Viola Davis). The first Broadway revival of the play opened at the Cort Theatre on April 26, 2010, with a limited 13-week engagement.
It also received Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actor in a Play (Faison and Vance). The production won the Tony Awards for Best Play, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (James Earl Jones), Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (Mary Alice), and Best Direction of a Play (Lloyd Richards), as well as the Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Actor in a Play(Jones), and Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Alice). Directed by Lloyd Richards, the cast featured James Earl Jones, Mary Alice and Courtney B. Fences premiered on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on March 26, 1987, and closed on June 26, 1988, after 525 performances and 11 previews. ' Fences ' is part of August Wilsons ' Pittsburg Cycle ,' a collection of ten plays. Fences had it’s world premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre with a subsequent production at The Goodman Theatre.
The play won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play. Black History Month: Fences Learn words with Flashcards and other activities Other learning activities Teaching tools VOCABULARY LISTS IN THIS COLLECTION. Complex approach to residential gates and fences by WINIOWSKI ensures functionality, safety and aethetics. Like all of the “Pittsburgh” plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson’s ten-part “Pittsburgh Cycle”. Fences is a 1983 play by American playwright August Wilson.
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