>>> A MURDER MYSTERY IS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT THE CIBC THEATER ON A BROADWAY PRODUCTION BASED ON A FILM FROM THE '80s.

NORM LEWIS AND HIS RENDITION OF "A SOLDIERS' PLAY.." >>> IN 1984, A DEPICTION OF A BLACK SOLDIER IN WORLD WAR II HIT THE BIG SCREEN FOLLOWING RICHARD DAVENPORT, A BLACK OFFICER SENT TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER OF THE TROOP'S CAPTAIN.

>> LIKE IT OR NOT, I AM ALL YOU HAVE.

>> Reporter: THAT WAS NOW ADAPTED INTO "A SOLDIER'S PLAY" STARRING NORM LEWIS PLAYING DAVENPORT.

>> MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS THE MOVIE "A SOLDIER'S STORY" IN THE MID-80s WITH DAVID ALAN GRIER AND HOWARD ROLLINS AND MADE IT TO BROADWAY AND ALL THESE YEARS, IT WON A PULITZER PRIZE AND TOOK THAT LONG.

THERE IS A MURDER RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.

I'M THERE TO INVESTIGATE THAT.

SO IT'S THAT ELEMENT AND IT'S SHROUDED IN RACISM.

IT'S ALSO SHROUDED IN SELF HATRED, BROTHERHOOD AND ELEMENTS OF THESE MEN WHO WANT TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY, TO BE RESPECTED ONCE THEY COME BACK BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT THAT WILL HELP THEIR CAUSE.

AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THE ENTIRE SHOW IS THROUGH MY EYES, AND I'M INTERVIEWING PEOPLE TO FIND OUT WHO DID THIS, THIS MURDER.

AND THEY ARE TELLING THEIR STORY.

>> Reporter: WHEN ASKED ABOUT VETERANS WHO CANNOT RELATE TO SERVING WHILE BLACK, LEWIS SAID THE DEPICTION OF SERVING IN VIETNAM WHILE BLACK.

>> WHAT I FOUND OUT WAS THAT WAS THE FIRST WAR THAT THERE WAS NOT A SEPARATE ARMY, NOT A BLACK AND A WHITE ARMY.

IT WAS ALL MIXED TOGETHER.

>> MY MAMA TOLD ME THAT MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL >> Reporter: WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE PLAYING AMONGST THE AUDIENCES THAT WILL COME TO SEE THIS PREDICTION?

>> IT'S ART THAT REALLY GUIDES US AND REACHES TO THE HEART AND SOUL.

IF THEY CAN SEE SOMETHING DEPICTED ON THAT STAGE, HOPEFULLY F WE BRING THE REAL ELIMINATE AND AUTHENTICITY OF IT, HOPEFULLY, THEIR HEARTS