Article: Denzel Washington: stars as Brutus on Broadway's 'Julius Caesar'.(Cover Story)

Two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington returns to his first love this week--the theatrical stage--in the new Broadway drama, Julius Caesar.

He stars as the heroic and noble Brutus, who is tormented over the choice between loyalty to his country and loyalty to his friend in a modern-day adaptation of the Shakespearean drama.

Julius Caesar opens April 3 at the Belasco Theatre in New York for a limited engagement through June 12. The highly anticipated play, which was in previews at JET press time, is selling out briskly.

Washington calls his return to the stage a "homecoming."

He told Ed Gordon on "News & Notes with Ed Gordon" on ...

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