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Tag: A Soldier’s Play

Eugene Lee is Sgt. Vernon C. Waters in the National Touring Company production of “A Soldier's Play,” at the Kennedy Center until Jan. 8. (Courtesy of Joan Marcu)
Posted inLifestyle

After More Than 40 Years, ‘A Soldier’s Play’ Explores Race Issues That Continue Today

by Brenda C. Siler December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

An Army base in the segregated South during the 1940s is the backdrop for the murder of a Black sergeant in Charles Fuller’s “A Soldier’s Play,” on stage at the Kennedy Center until Jan. 8. 

Charles H. Fuller Jr.
Posted inLifestyle

African-American Playwright Charles H. Fuller Jr.

by WI Guest Author March 4, 2020December 21, 2021
David Alan Grier portrays Sergeant Vernon C. Waters. (Courtesy of Joan Marcus)
Posted inD Kevin McNeir, Entertainment, Lifestyle

‘A Soldier’s Play,’ Nearly 40 Years Since its Premiere, Makes Sizzling Broadway Debut

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor March 2, 2020December 21, 2021
From left: Jerry O'Connell, David Alan Grier, Blair Underwood and Nnamdi Asomugha star in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of "A Soldier's Play." (Photo by Marc Franklin)
Posted inEntertainment

Broadway Debut of ‘A Soldier’s Play’ Set for Jan. 21

by WI Guest Author January 10, 2020December 21, 2021

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