The "Star Wars" and "Field of Dreams" actor, who died at 93, lent thunder and kingliness to every role he played ...

The New York Post is reporting that Oprah Winfrey was in “serious discussions” last year to star in the upcoming Broadway revival of August Wilson’s “Fences” – that is until Wilson’s widow Constanza ...

The production featured a Black playwright, director, cast, and crew — a groundbreaking achievement for both ASU and the ...

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As director, star and a producer of “Fences,” Denzel Washington took it upon himself to bear a heavy load in bringing the work of the late legendary playwright August Wilson to a broader audience with ...

The North Carolina Black Repertory Company (NC Black Rep) will produce August Wilson's Fences, February 28-March 16, 2025, at Hanesbrands Theatre. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Pulitzer ...

The life of former Negro-league baseball player Troy Maxson, here a sanitation worker trying his best to support his family, is explored in “Fences,” the Tony Award and 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

AUGUST WILSON. JAMES EARL JONES, AN INSPIRATION TO GENERATIONS OF ASPIRING ACTORS BOTH ON SCREEN AND ON STAGE. TONIGHT, TWO LOCAL ACTORS GIVING US A GLIMPSE INTO HIS ROLE AS TROY MAXSON IN FENCES AND ...

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe may be best known to many theatergoers for its musicals, but occasionally the company presents straight plays—dramas that reflect on the Black American experience and ...

A lot has changed in the world since Jim Weaver first directed August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Fences” for the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe in 2007. Weaver, who at the time was best ...

Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, threw quite the celebration in honor of her ...