Laurence Fishburne shines in Kennedy Center's 'Thurgood'

The Kennedy Center’s “Thurgood,” a one-man show about the life of Thurgood Marshall, is a piece of extraordinary stealth theater. With no special effects, an uncomplicated set and only one actor, it seems to be telling the simple story of the great-grandson of a slave who began with little and achieved a lot. In fact, “Thurgood” tells the explosive story of the waking-up of America, as it moved from being a country where post-Reconstruction laws still held sway to being a socially conscious nation, at the same time showing how one man helped pave the way for the civil rights movement.