Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. Set in the 1950s, August Wilson’s play Fences portrays a nation in transition. Jackie Robinson had crossed ...

legendary Black American playwright August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle remains an incendiary series of works. With each of ...

Part of August Wilson's 10-play Century Cycle, Fences explores the walls we build around ourselves and our loved ones, while also illuminating one family's struggles in a racist society.

August Wilson has written 15 shows including ... for "Fences," The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for "Fences," Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ...

Danielle Deadwyler is a force of nature. The versatile actor's career has skyrocketed in recent years, with roles that span ...

Denzel Washington returns to August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, following acclaimed cinematic translations of Fences and Ma ...

Playwright August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” comes down to this: A sister and brother, haunted by the violent disruption of ...

Based on the August Wilson play about the complex weight of Black lineage ... Hollywood superstar Denzel Washington — after ...

Regardless of your familiarity with Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, “The Piano Lesson” is a worthwhile, captivating and moving ...

Film critic Peter Travers reviews "The Piano Lesson," now in theaters in advance of its Netflix debut on Nov. 22.

Samuel L. Jackson returns to "The Piano Lesson" 37 years after performing in the August Wilson play when Wilson was still working on the play.