As Fences tickets continue to be a smash hit on Broadway, modest musician Branford Marsalis has been talking about his surprise when nominated for a Tony Award. The saxophonist and composer has already won 3 Grammy’s, so he shouldn’t have been too stunned, but his nomination for Best Original Score is making him beam with pride. Marsalis’ music, composed for the acclaimed play starring Denzel Washington, has brought playwright August Wilson’s Fences alive for New York audiences. The Fences schedule simply wouldn’t be the same without it.

“You don’t expect it,” Marsalis modestly said, after he learned of the Tony nomination. “When you decide you want to play jazz and you’re 20 years old living in New York, [you don't expect to say], ‘You know, one day, guys, I’m gonna get nominated for a Tony.’ It’s not part of the discussion, so it’s quite shocking.”

Marsalis beat out a solid field in his category including Lucy Prebble of Enron fame, plus Andrew Lippa for The Addams Family, among others. A veteran of composition, Marsalis has 22 albums under his belt, and the rate at which Fences tickets are selling should have told him that things were possible. Marsalis’ tunes for the production are jazz-like, and serve as emotional rivets between scenes. As each moment in the story closes and another opens, the music is there, informing the audience as to the mood and the direction of Wilson’s dramatic play. If you buy Fences tickets, you should keep your ear open between scenes, for you are sure to catch a hint or two of Marsalis’ extensive grasp of feeling and form in music. This nomination could mean that new doors will open for the saxophonist, and he welcomes the possibilities, saying, “It would be a hell of a challenge. If this opens the door to that, that would be awesome.”

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Last night’s 55th Annual Drama Desk Awards went very well for Fences, winning a total of three impressive Drama Desk Awards! Perhaps the most outstanding take home of the night for Fences was Outstanding Revival of a Play, which was shared as a tie with A View From the Bridge. Another big win for Fences, thanks to the extremely talented Viola Davis for her role as Rose, was her take home of Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play. Finally, music director and three-time Grammy-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis received Outstanding Music in a Play, adding yet another Drama Desk Award to Fences’ well deserved take homes of the night. If you haven’t witnessed this incredible production for yourself yet, now is the time to get your hands on a set of Fences tickets! It’s one play you won’t forget.

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August Wilson’s Broadway hit is really pulling in the stars now, but its own stars aren’t forgetting where the whole thing came from in the first place. Fences tickets have been sold out for every performance on Broadway and its 10 Tony nominations are proof of how good this show really is. Among the celebrities who’ve turned out to see the play starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are Color Purple producer Oprah Winfrey. Oprah was seen at the Cort Theatre with her friend Gayle King recently, and they looked like they were having a great time.

Meanwhile, one of the Fences stars has paid tribute to playwright August Wilson for creating the play in the first place. Stephen McKinley Henderson, who earned a 2010 Tony nominee for playing a fantastic Jim Bono (friend of Trot Maxson), spoke recently about his excitement on learning he’d received his first Tony nomination.
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This current Broadway revival of Fences is creating a buzz rarely seen on the Great White Way in recent years. Denzel Washington’s sterling performance as Troy Maxson is a big part of it, but the truth is that the entire cast of Fences are selling tickets like nothing around. Fences tickets owe their success to several things, such as the way the stark but informative set bares Washington and Viola Davis to the fore amid the wreck of their lives. Race is the theme here, and it has really launched the production to a wider radius. The composition of Fences ticket buyers is said to be approximately half African-American and half white, which is a change from most of August Wilson’s other plays. In fact, Wilson has a reputation as a playmaker with a difference; his most likely target audience, and the adaptability of his awesome creations to the silver screen, have both been noted for their low response in a culture obsessed with identity and celluloid.
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Fences tickets are the big ticket of the moment on Broadway, make no mistake about that. Denzel Washington’s Troy Maxson is a complex construction, and one that will remain with those who see it for a long time. The previous star of this production, James Earl Jones, was a more sudden effect (due to his imposing size) but Hollywood’s Denzel brings something else to the stage – deliberation and revelation, of a character’s present as well as his past. Audiences have been described as “diverse” at Fences on Broadway, but there is surely something radical and curious in the minds of them all that unites and illuminates. Fences is, after all, a play about race, about racism and the ways life’s obstacles can drag a great man down. But is Troy Maxson – was Troy Maxson – ever a great man, anyway? Buy Fences tickets and find out.
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Fences on Broadway has already received some rave reviews and it has barely been open a couple for days. Fences tickets are selling fast as news travels about this unique play, set in Pittsburgh. The touching tale of the once talented athlete who hit the skids running unravels onstage in an urban backyard onstage, and has garnered much early praise for its strength of character and casting. Here are some of the things that the Broadway critics have said about the play this week.
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When you buy Fences tickets you might be thinking about seeing Denzel Washington live on stage, but Fences is about more than the stars – it is a tried and tested drama about rage in America and what racial conflict can do to the finest of men. Don’t hesitate to buy Fences tickets – this is one of our finest onstage production and will move you out of your seat with its uncanny timeliness and thinly-veiled anger.

Denzel Washington makes Fences tickets a more appealing proposition, but you will exit the Cort Theatre feeling like you have witnessed history being made, such is the gravity of this awesome Pittsburgh backyard depiction of prejudice, tension and humanity.