Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Reaves as Cory and Auria Flack as Raynell share a moment in "Fences," running at Theatre Tallahassee through Jan. 26, 2025.

"Fences" must be added to the short roster of great American plays that have been made into great American films. The faces of the actors are radiant in their humanity. The characters go right down to ...

Before his death in 2005, August Wilson optioned Fences as a feature film. He was adamant about wanting a black director, saying: “I declined a white director, not on the basis of race, but on the ...

Troy Maxson is a Pittsburgh sanitation worker who once dreamed of a baseball career, but was too old when the major leagues finally admitted black players. As he faces off against the racial barrier ...

The film adaptation of the play stars nearly the entire cast of the 2010 Broadway revival. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Asked how the ensemble reacted to working with Denzel the director versus ...

Playwright August Wilson cuts straight to the heart in his masterful work, "Fences." Bono, one of the play's six characters, says, "Some people build fences to keep people out…and other people build ...