Watch a film trailer for "Fences," starring Viola Davis and Denzel Washington. Photo: Paramount Pictures Whenever a film is adapted from a play, the ritual question is whether it’s sufficiently ...

Reporting from New York — When August Wilson received word in 2005 that he had inoperable Stage IV cancer, he was not just personally but professionally disconsolate: There was still so much work to ...

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It is clear from the first scene that director Denzel Washington wants his movie “Fences” to honor the play of the same name. Some critics argue that the story doesn’t move well from stage to screen.

2010 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Chris Chalk, 2010 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Viola Davis 2010 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Music in a Play ...

With the accolades and June Tony wins of the revival of August Wilson’s “Fences” on Broadway, will Rockford School District reconsider and revive its canceled production of “Fences”? Four years ago, ...

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are emerging as frontrunners in this year's Oscar acting races with Fences, a new drama Washington also directed. The film, which tells the story of an African ...

Adaptations of plays aren’t cinematically doomed. One of the best movies of the past year, “Moonlight,” is an adaptation of a play (sort of); so was the best movie of 2015 (“Chi-Raq”); so is the best ...

The overwhelming number of chances missed and lives diminished due to racism is so vast as to be almost incomprehensible. The beauty and brilliance of August Wilson's Pulitzer-Prize-winning play ...