Overview

Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues, now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded from the major leagues in his prime, Troy has grown increasingly bitter, and his anger and frustration take a toll on his wife Rose and his son Cory, who now wants his own chance to play ball professionally. James Earl Jones and Mary Alice co-starred in the original Broadway production of Wilson’s sensational drama, and a 2010 Broadway revival starred Denzel Washington and Viola Davis.

Keywords

• Aging
• Death
• Love
• Marriage
• Memory
• Parenting/Family
• Sports
• Adolescence/Childhood
• Black Experience
• Tony
• Pulitzer
• From Broadway