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VINTAGE PLAYBILL: Denzel Washington's Broadway Debut, Checkmates, 1988 by Brynn Cox

Denzel Washington, who celebrates a birthday today, may return to the Broadway stage in a spring 2014 revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. The Playbill Vault looks back on his Broadway debut in 1988.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:00pm on December 28, 2012 ☆ ⚑

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