The Tony and two-time Oscar winner will be honored with the award in the fall.
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New Jersey's Crossroads Theatre Company will honor Tony and Oscar winner Denzel Washington with its inaugural Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee Living Legends Award. The award is named after the famed actors and civil rights couple, and will be presented at the theatre in New Brunswick October 19.
The star-studded evening will feature performances by Grammy winner Gregory Porter, among others. Learn more about the event and purchase tickets here.
Since making his Off-Broadway debut in 1979 in The Public's Shakespeare in the Park production of Coriolanus, Washington has appeared in a number of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. He is a a Tony winner for his performance in Fences, a two-time Oscar winner, and was most recently honored with the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award. As a producer, Washington is currently working on a feature film adaptation of August Wilson's play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Celebrating Tony Award Winner Denzel Washington
Celebrating Tony Award Winner Denzel Washington
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Arnold Wilkerson, Gilbert Lewis and Denzel Washington in the 1979 Players State Theatre production Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Denzel Washington and Kirk Kirksey in the 1981 New Federal Theatre production of When The Chickens Come Home To Roost.
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Brent Jennings, Steven Anthony Jones, Eugene Lee, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, James Pickens and Peter Friedman in the 1981 Negro Ensemble Company production of A Soldier’s Play.
Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington, Peter Friedman and Cast in the 1981 Negro Ensemble Company production of A Soldier’s Play.
Denzel Washington and S. Epatha Merkerson in the 1984 National Black Touring Circuit production of Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone.
Paul Winfield, Ruby Dee, Denzel Washington and Marsha Jackson in the 1988 Broadway production Checkmates.
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Paul Winfield, Ruby Dee, Marsha Jackson and Denzel Washington in the 1988 Broadway production Checkmates.
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Marsha Jackson and Denzel Washington in the 1988 Broadway production Checkmates.
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Denzel Washington in the 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production of Richard III.
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Sharon Washington and Denzel Washington in the 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production of Richard III.
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Betty Buckley, Matthew Broderick, André De Shields, Jane Krakowski, Bernadette Peters, and Lillias White are also part of The York Theatre Company benefit.
