legacy: from wilson to Washington TO the E.C. Theater

FENCES - August Wilson, one of our most formidable writers, wrote this play in 1985 and set the stage in 1950's Pittsburgh, PA.  The stage play traveled across the country for decades before the characters themselves landed in the hands of Denzel Washington and Viola Davis.  This masterful pairing has taken the story to new heights.  Not to take anything from the amazing Viola, but it is common knowledge  - when Denzel takes on a character, he becomes the character.  Fences is no exception - Denzel owns this moment and Viola is right at his side, until she's not!

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As we entered Black History Month, we found a local presentation of August Wilson's Radio Golf at the historic East Cleveland Theater.   The story fits on so many levels.  We see the questionable political arena, the hint of gentrification, the sell-out and the hero, the struggling family structure, the challenges of culture vs subculture, classicism, racism, defeat and triumph.