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What's Black on Broadway? <i>Death of A Salesman</i>, <i>Topdog/Underdog,</i> <i>The Piano Lesson</i> and More

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What's Black on Broadway? Death of A Salesman, Topdog/Underdog, The Piano Lesson and More

Stars like Samuel L. Jackson, Angelica Ross, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and more will be taking the stage come this fall.

Shanelle Genai

8/12/22 3:09PM

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Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Brooks to Star in Broadway Revival of August Wilson Play<i> The Piano Lesson</i>

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Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Brooks to Star in Broadway Revival of August Wilson Play The Piano Lesson

Jackson's wife LaTanya Richardson will also be making her Broadway directorial debut, becoming the first woman to…

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SAG Awards 2021: Daniel Kaluuya, Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman Among Winners

On Sunday, the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards went off without a hitch!

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Giving Voice Trailer First-Look: August Wilson Lives On Through the Students Who Recite His Monologues

I recently attended the advanced virtual screening for Netflix’s film adaptation of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (whew,…

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Theater, Film and TV Actor Anthony Chisholm Dead at 77

Theater, film and television actor Anthony Chisholm has died at age 77, The Katz Company, his talent management,…

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August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Film Adaptation Confirmed With Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman to Star, Denzel Washington to Produce

Another one of August Wilson’s brilliant plays is coming to the silver screen! Get ready to sound the trumpets…

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Playwright Loy A. Webb Brings The Light to Where #MeToo, #MuteRKelly and #BlackLivesMatter Converge

Three years ago when Loy A. Webb crafted The Light, the burgeoning playwright had no idea where the world would be…

Karu F. Daniels

3/01/19 2:32PM

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A (Very Short) Case for Why Pittsburgh Is the Blackest City in America

I’m not going to cite the Homestead Grays or the history of the Hill District. Nor will I The Pittsburgh Courier,…

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Watch: The Cast of Fences Share Their Experience in Making Such an Important Film

Before his death in 2005, August Wilson optioned Fences as a feature film. He was adamant about wanting a black…

Danielle Young

12/23/16 12:04PM

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12/23/16

Review: Fences Is an Acting and Directorial Feast Fit for August Wilson's Words

August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences has finally made it to the big screen, directed by Academy…

Nsenga K. Burton Ph.D.

12/23/16 9:02AM

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Mykelti Williamson on Fences, Acting While Black and the Power of the Mind

When you’ve been handpicked by Denzel Washington to sign on to a multimillion-dollar film that he’s directing, you…

Felice León

12/22/16 3:26PM

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Join Us #AcrossTheFence: A Day Of Family Healing, In Connection To August Wilson's Fences

Today, the #AcrossTheFence interview series with my dad culminates with two segments — one where I explain how and…

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More #AcrossTheFence (This Time, Damon's Parents Start A Race Riot)

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Introducing #AcrossTheFence: A National Conversation Between Family (Based On August Wilson's Fences)

The screen adaptation of August Wilson’s iconic Fences — starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis — comes to movie…

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The Black-Ass Books, Albums, Movies And More I'm Giving My Black-Ass Baby When He's Born

As I wrote a couple weeks ago, The Wife Person and I are expecting. A child. An actual human baby. An actual human…

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Why Cicely Tyson Combing Viola Davis's Hair On HTGAWM Was The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen This Week

I am convinced there is a writer — or, perhaps, a group of writers — on the How to Get Away with Murder staff whose…

Damon Young

2/20/15 11:50AM

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