Exceptional cast makes the most of tentative approach to ‘Fences’ at American Blues Theater

Troy (Kamal Angelo Bolden) and Rose (Shanésia Davis) are a husband and wife with a complex relationship at the core of August Wilson’s “Fences.” (Michael Brosilow)

There’s a lot to live up to for anyone producing August Wilson’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Fences.”

The sixth play in Wilson’s vaunted 10-play Pittsburgh Cycle is a towering emotional epic that’s comparable to Greek tragedy in its elemental depiction of troubled father-son and husband-wife relationships.