"The words on the page achieve literary greatness, but when the characters come to life on stage it is revelatory," writes theater critic Jake Thomas. "Susan Dalian has directed a masterpiece." ...

He's the protagonist — you can't quite say "hero," unless you add "tragic" in front — of August Wilson's play Fences. James Earl Jones, who... Troy Maxson: Heart, Heartbreak as Big as the World Troy ...

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A symphony of drama in several movements, August Wilson’s Fences (★★★★☆) rises, falls, and rises mellifluously. In Timothy Douglas’ astute new production at Ford’s Theatre, Wilson’s Pulitzer ...

PULITZER PRIZE and Tony Award winning playwright AUGUST WILSON died this month, succumbing to liver cancer at the age of 60. Sportswriter DAVE ZIRIN looks at perhaps Wilson's most well-known play, ...

In Portland Playhouse's production of August Wilson's "Fences," Bryant Bentley (left) plays Jim Bono, Erika LaVonn plays Rose Maxson and Lester Purry plays Troy Maxson. (Brud Giles) It's been 13 years ...

The audience finds themselves looking at a very simple set: the outside of a house where a fence is being built. The Maxson family and friends come out and tell their story. It won’t be an easy one - ...

In the second half of Fences, Bono (Bryant Bentley), uses his friend's home improvement project to give some sage advice. "Some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to ...

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