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Ray Fisher on Going From Bartender During ‘Fences’ Broadway Theatre Run to Starring in ‘The Piano Lesson’: ‘It’s a Full Circle Moment’

Awards Circuit Podcast: Ray Fisher on his role in "The Piano Lesson" and bartending for "Fences" on Broadway with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis.

For Ray Fisher, “ The Piano Lesson ” was more than just a role — it was a personal and professional milestone, an opportunity to explore the layers of humanity, trauma, and family that have made Wilson’s artful pieces timeless. The emotional highlight of the film is a scene in which the male characters — including Fisher, Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Michael Potts — sing together, creating a moment of raw vulnerability and shared pain. Variety’s “Awards Circuit” podcast, hosted by Clayton Davis, Jazz Tangcay, Emily Longeretta, Jenelle Riley and Michael Schneider, who also produces, is your one-stop source for lively conversations about the best in film and television.

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