![]() Cheadle played the role in the Off Broadway Public Theater production last year. Rap star Mos Def replaced original star Don Cheadle as Booth. Parks' In the Blood (a Pulitzer Prize finalist) played the Public in 1999-2000, and her Fucking A will play at the theatre in the 2002-03 season. The two strive for a family unity they have never had, but end up battling to the death. They eventually come to learn the true nature of their history. The brothers are haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three card monte. The two-man show concerns Lincoln (played by Wright), who spends his days as a white-face impersonator of the 16th president, while Booth (Mos Def) shoplifts suits and expensive champagne. Topdog/Underdog premiered at the Public Theater in July 2001. They were named by their father, as a joke. ![]() Wolfe staging opens April 7 with stars Jeffrey Wright and Mos Def as a pair of mismatched brothers, Lincoln and Booth (named for, yes, that Lincoln and that Booth). Def and Jeff get down to business this week, when the Broadway production of Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog begins performances at the Ambassador Theatre March 12. ![]()
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