Laurence Fishburne in "Thurgood", portrays Thurgood Marshall, a pioneering civil rights attorney who grew up in the backstreets of Baltimore, argued the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case before the Supreme Court, and became the first African-American Supreme Court justice. Leonard Foglia directs the play which is written by George Stevens Jr. Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45 St., NYC.
(Newsday / Ari Mintz)