| Everywhere you go, people seem to be talking about | | | | Stage productions need to compete with big-budget |
| Thurgood at the Booth Theatre in New York City. | | | | movies, slick television shows and high-octane video |
| Usually, people seem to be all agog over the big | | | | games. Even if a play does plan to make it big, it |
| production numbers with lots of fancy dances, | | | | needs a hefty budget with dances, songs and pretty |
| catchy songs and zinging eye-candy. Thurgood | | | | sets to attract the public. This is what makes the |
| doesn't have any of these things- in fact, it's just a | | | | Thurgood at the Booth Theatre in New York City |
| one-man play. So why has it made such a big | | | | such an unlikely hit. The show runs for 90 minutes |
| impression on theatre goers today? | | | | and has all of one actor, taking the audience through |
| An Unlikely Hit | | | | the life and times of the legendary Thurgood Marshall. |
| The truth is that it's pretty hard to sell a play today. | | | | |