The Gallery Players, located at 199 14th Street in Brooklyn, recently hit a homerun with a revival of August Wilson’s “Fences.”
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The dramatic production powerfully tells the story of Troy Maxson, an ex-professional baseball player, who is now a garbage man struggling to make a life for himself alongside his wife Rose and son Cory. He’s a man who has fallen on hard times in the past, who has been to jail and has a very jaded approach to life. Troy had a very dysfunctional childhood, which had a direct impact on how he fathers his son Cory. Troy is very bitter and frustrated with where he has not gotten to in life.
Troy’s world revolves around his family, his job with the department of sanitation, his wounded war veteran brother Gabe, his older son from a previous relationship, Lyons; his best friend Bono and eventually a daughter, Raynell. You could feel his disappointment and his pain as he tried to win a losing battle to get a father’s love and approval that was never going to come. Adrian Phillips was phenomenal as Gabriel, Troy’s brother who was a wounded war veteran, not in his right mind. He made the audience feel compassion for this fallen soldier, who came back from the war with no parade or appreciation. He was a caring, harmless person, and someone who still deserved respect and regard.
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