Denzel Washington will be honored with The Crossroads Theatre Company's inaugural Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Living Legends Award.
The Crossroads Theatre Company, like many regional black theaters, faced an uncertain and often perilous financial future when it was founded four decades ago.
On Saturday, in an effort to showcase its new quarters, polish its legacy and raise some money, Crossroads is giving the award-winning actor and filmmaker Denzel Washington its inaugural“This is an award that celebrates the richness of black theater and is the centerpiece of what Crossroads has been about for our entire journey,” the company’s president, Anthony Carter, told NBC News. “It’s a business imperative and a cultural and social imperative as well.
“As we all know, a healthy subscriber base allows Crossroads to have the foundation to expand its audiences,” Carter said. Crossroads has produced more than 200 plays, including August Wilson’s “Jitney,” George C. Wolfe’s groundbreaking “The Colored Museum” and “Two Hah Hahs and a Homeboy" by Dee, who served as a playwright in residence at the company and starred in the play along with her husband, Ossie Davis, and their son, musician Guy Davis.
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