AdvertisementFresh Air Weekend: 'Raisin In The Sun,' 'Orange Is The New Black,' China's 'Ambition'June 07, 2014facebookEmailDenzel Washington plays Walter Lee, the role played by Sidney Poitier in the 1959 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun. Sophie Okonedo, known for her Academy Award nomination for Hotel Rwanda, plays Ruth Younger in her New York stage debut. (Brigitte Lacombe)