 In 2006, "Thurgood", a one-man play written by George Stevens Jr., premiered at the Westport Country Playhouse, starring James Earl Jones and directed by Leonard Foglia.Later it opened Broadway at the Booth Theatre on April 30, 2008, starring Laurence Fishburne.On February 24, 2011, HBO screened a filmed version of the play which Fishburne performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.