DENZEL WASHINGTON ON BROADWAY! — Page 2

Well I'm gonna make a couple of phone calls tomorrow and see what's known about this... I need some solid confirmation

Cause just.... damn.

and Jai, if you thought my reaction in the thread was great, you should have HEARD/SEEN my reaction when I read it lol

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I was waiting to see CJR's reaction.

I have been amused. :)

I saw him in A Soldier's Story when he was pretty much an unknown - his only major credit was the awful comedy "Carbon Copy" with George Segal. I (and everyone else in our party) pciked out Denzel as a future star.

Sadly, three of the other lead preformers in A Soldier's Story - Charles Brown, Adolph Caesar and Larry Riley - have passed away, as well as Howard Rollins, who played Brown's role in the film version.

Add me to the list of people who checked in just to see Heather's reaction - I'm glad I wasn't disappointed

I'm so there! Not only is this one of my FAVORITE plays, it's got one of my favorite actors now! Woohoo! Shakespeare geeks around the globe, pun intended, unite!!!
All I need to know now is who will be Cassius and who will be Antony. They need Patrick Stewart to play Caesar.

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Haha I aim to please.

Glad to know my reaction didn't disappoint.... ironic, too, considering the icon I've been using lately

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Except James Earl Jones is doing On Golden Pond.

Damn shame Jones is tied to On Golden Pond. Oh well. I wonder if Morgan Freeman is busy then? Freeman is also overdue to return to the New York stage (the last time I saw him was playing Petruchio opposite Tracey Ullman's Kate in the "old west" production of "Taming of the Shrew" that played in the Park about 15 years ago).

Next year's Tonys already look to be quite star-studded: Denzel, Billy Crystal, Whoopi, James Earl Jones, Edie Falco, Mary-Louise Parker, John Lithgow, Christina Ricci, Jessica Lange, David Hyde-Pierce, Kathleen Turner, Phylicia Rashad, Billy Crudup, Jeff Goldblum (possibly), Natasha Richardson, Larry Fishburne, Christina Applegate, Alan Alda, etc.... Maybe the ratings will make it out of the basement for a change.

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