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by Keli Goff onMay 15, 2013
The best-selling author tells The Root that addressing issues that affect blacks is "a labor of love."
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by Keli Goff onMay 15, 2013
The best-selling author tells The Root that addressing issues that affect blacks is "a labor of love."
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by Keli Goff onMay 15, 2013
The best-selling author tells The Root that addressing issues that affect blacks is "a labor of love."
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by John McWhorter onMarch 8, 2011
Enough with the talk about Tyler Perry perpetuating racial stereotypes. How is what he's doing any different from the much loved Sanford and Son? There's a reason the man sells out at the box office. It's called commercial entertainment.
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by Les Payne onJune 28, 2010
Yes, James Earl Jones deserved his Tony for his role in Fences. But 23 years later, Washington brings a nuance and a subtlety to the role of Troy Maxson that we’ve never seen before.
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by Belinda Otas onJune 23, 2010
Delroy Lindo tells The Root about his love for August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone as a new London production traverses the theme of identity between the African-American and black-British experiences of slavery.
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by Salamishah Tillet onJune 11, 2010
Viola Davis, currently appearing in Fences opposite Denzel Washington, knows a thing or two about scene stealing. Just ask Meryl Streep. Here's hoping that the Oscar-nominated actress brings home another Tony this weekend.
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by E.R. Shipp onJune 11, 2010
From Fela! to Fences, several productions featuring black performers are nominated for a record number of Tony Awards. But notwithstanding the power of Denzel, most Broadway audiences are overwhelmingly white.
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by Dr. Todd Boyd onApril 26, 2010
There's a reason why there's never been an adaptation of an August Wilson play at the multiplex. When it comes to the lives of black folks, Hollywood--and the movie-going audience--doesn't do complicated, nuanced or subtle.
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April 25, 2010
Score a triple for Denzel Washington and a home run for Viola Davis in the much-hyped--and expensive--production of August Wilson's most famous play.
