As much as he would like every project he tackles to be relevant, meaningful, and connected to the world around him, they aren't all like that, says Jeffrey Wright. He has other considerations in deciding whether to take a role, such as tuition for his children. "Life evolves," he says. "The forces behind the choices evolve as well." But taking on John Guare's new play "A Free Man of Color" was a no-brainer. George C. Wolfe, at the time artistic director of New York's Public Theater, commissioned Guare to write the script with Wright in mind to star. The play (not to be confused with Charles Smith's "Free Man of Color," which played in Los Angeles earlier this year) is now running at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater."It was a hard sell," Wright says, laughing. "That said, when George Wolfe and John Guare invite you to be...
- 11/17/2010
- backstage.com
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