When Mary Alice checked into her hotel to begin rehearsals for her triumphant performance in ”Fences” at Goodman Theatre, she found that she could not bear to look out the window that faced ...

The late August Wilson turned Pittsburgh's Hill District, where he grew up, into a kind of Yoknapatawpha County, setting nine of his Century Cycle plays there. Fences, the most famous of these ...

The most "nerve-wracking night" in Cleo House Jr.'s life was starring in an August Wilson play with the legendary author in attendance. "It was harrowing," said House, 40, recalling his ...

Washington takes on directing duties as well for a film that was adapted by playwright August Wilson before he died in 2005.As a piece of cinema, "Fences" doesn't swing for the go-for-broke limits ...

Family is not a bad place to start when searching for ways to portray the lead characters in “Fences,” August Wilson’s most popular and perhaps most personal play.

Denzel Washington’s Fences, adapted from the Pulitzer-winning August Wilson play, never quite escapes its stage origins. But it has superlative acting, including Washington’s lead role and his ...

From "Fences" to "The Founder," "Gold" to "Miss Sloane," and "Live by Night to "Patriots Day," many of this year's scores took their cue from the strong characters that were central to each story.

Richard Brody reviews the film “Fences,” an adaptation, directed by Denzel Washington and starring Washington and Viola Davis, of the August Wilson play. Skip to main content.

Now is your chance to see the movie version of a Pulitzer-Prize-winning play. “Fences,” which was adapted from August Wilson’s 1983 play that also won a Tony Award, is a fine film that will ...

Fences gives us a working-class black family in the 1950s, ... For it to work onscreen, a director needs to see this character as fully formed, ...

The late August Wilson turned Pittsburgh's Hill District, where he grew up, into a kind of Yoknapatawpha County, setting nine of his Century Cycle plays there. Fences, the most famous of these ...

From "Fences" to "The Founder," "Gold" to "Miss Sloane," and "Live by Night to "Patriots Day," many of this year's scores took their cue from the strong characters that were central to each story.