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 ...

It’s always a pleasure to watch a theater company and its acting company grow, and audiences have a wonderful opportunity to see it happening with the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s thoroughly ...

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 ...

Set in 1957 Pittsburgh, Fences by August Wilson is a poignant and powerful exploration of family, dreams, and the human condition. The play centers around Troy Maxson, a former baseball star of the ...

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 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. What is perhaps August Wilson's most well-known play may also be his most ...

I shouldn’t have to explain why Fences, the August Wilson play set in the 1950s and now adapted for the screen, is important. If you’ve stepped anywhere near the theater — and I mean the playhouse ...

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 ...

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 ...