Fishburne wins NAACP award
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Laurence Fishburne and Erica Tazel were among the performers honored at the 17th annual Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Theatre Awards, which pay tribute to local productions featuring African American themes and performers.
Fishburne was named best actor in an Equity production for his performance in “Without Walls” at the Mark Taper Forum in downtown L.A.
Tazel won the corresponding best actress award for “I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady From Rwanda” at the Colony Theatre in Burbank.
“Da King in My Hair” at San Diego Repertory Theatre picked up four awards, including for director Marion J. Caffey and playwright Trey Anthony.
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