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Fresh Air Weekend: 'Raisin In The Sun,' 'Orange Is The New Black,' China's 'Ambition'

Denzel Washington plays Walter Lee, the role played by Sidney Poitier in the 1959 Broadway production of<em> A Raisin in the Sun</em>. Sophie Okonedo, known for her Academy Award nomination for <em>Hotel Rwanda,</em> plays Ruth Younger in her New York stage debut. (Brigitte Lacombe)
Denzel 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)

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