From indie hits to blockbusters to weighty TV series to Broadway, Jeffrey Wright, who can next be seen in Wes Anderson’s TheFrenchDispatch, will justifiably be honored with Variety’s Legend and Groundbreaker award.
worked nonstop since he fell in love with acting in college in the late 1980s? It seems like it. From indie hits to blockbusters to weighty TV series to Broadway, the actor, who can next be seen in Wes Anderson’s “,” will justifiably be honored with Variety’s Legend and Groundbreaker award at the Newport Beach Film Festival, which this year runs from Oct. 21-28.
She would take him to every major touring show that came through town. “I saw everything from musicals like ‘Purlie’ and ‘The Wiz’ and ‘Bubbling Brown Sugar’ to James Whitmore in ‘Give ’Em Hell Harry.’ I saw Paul Winfield do a one-man show about [Martin Luther] King. I saw Avery Brooks do a one-man show about [Paul] Robeson. I saw ‘1776.’ And you can add ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf’ to the list.
His stage career exploded — from his award-winning turn in “Angels in America” to hits such as “Bring in ’Da Noise, Bring in ’Da Funk” and “Topdog/Underdog.” “Wes said that he had written this piece with me in mind. And when he sent me the script, I was just immediately taken by the language and the poetry and the tone.”
Indeed, Wright’s deep dulcet tones wrap around Anderson’s words in a way that audiences can almost taste.
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