STAGE TUBE: RACE's James Spader on 'Today'

James Spader, star of the critically acclaimed Broadway play 'Race', was a guest on The Today Show on Friday, March 26, where he talked about playing a defense lawyer in his Broadway debut and the reception the play has received so far.

RACE, the critically acclaimed new play written and directed by David Mamet, stars James Spader, David Alan Grier, Kerry Washington and Richard Thomas.

RACE is Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet's (Glengarry GLen Ross, The Untouchables, Speed-the-Plow) most explosive four-letter word yet and proves that nothing is as simple as black-and white. Three-time Emmy® Award winner James Spader ("Boston Legal"), David Alan Grier ("In Living Color"), Kerry Washington (Ray) and Emmy® Award winner Richard Thomas (Democracy) star in this incendiary story about the perceptions and realities that color our world - and the subtle shades between being a victim and being victimized.

Tickets for RACE may be purchased by visiting Telecharge.com or calling (212) 239-6200. RACE is making its world premiere at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (located at 243 West 47th St.).

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