Denzel Washington’s Adaptation Of Broadway Play Fences Picks Up Steam, Mykelti Williamson And Russell Hornsby On Board

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A few years may have lapsed since we last caught wind of Denzel Washington’s adaptation of Fences, August Wilson’s acclaimed Broadway play of the same name, though Deadline is reporting that the project is beginning to pick up steam.

Heralding a stage reunion, it’s been confirmed that Mykelti Williamson and Russell Hornsby will reprise their roles in the race drama, flanked by a cast that includes Gabriel Maxson, Jovan Adepo, Saniyya Sidney, and Viola Davis. Having shepherded the project since 2013, Washington is also set to star in Fences as 53-year-old Troy Maxon, a “sanitation employee who once aspired to be a professional baseball player and now faces daily discrimination while coming to terms with his lost ambitions.”

Earning both the coveted Pulitzer and Tony prizes when it first debuted in the early 80s, Fences acts as the sixth instalment of Wilson’s ten-part “Pittsburgh Cycle,” charting race »

- Michael Briers

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