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 ...

Denzel Washington is the draw for this revival of August Wilson's 'Fences.' But it's the play itself that keeps audiences on the edge of their seats: This is pure, unabashed melodrama -- the kind ...

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 ...

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, ...

It took about the same amount of time to get August Wilson’s play Fences to the silver screen, as the late playwright insisted, when he sold the film rights in 1986 that the movie be directed by an ...

Even when a play is beautifully written, theater leaves room for adaptation, which is what Trinity Repertory Company promises with its current staging of the August Wilson classic “Fences.” “This ...

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 ...

Lenny Henry has revealed that he suffered a "meltdown" while rehearsing for his latest stage play. The stage actor said that he had just four weeks to learn the script for August Wilson's play Fences.

Davis, with every wary sidelong look, firm demurral, and careful burst of laughter, perfects and completes Washington’s already tremendous performance. Her approach to Rose turns the trope of the ...