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.

Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington and Emmy Award-winning actress Viola Davis star in the film and received Golden Globe nominations for their performances. Washington plays Troy Maxson and Davis ...

"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 ...

For the actors in “Fences” everything was the same and everything was different. Most of them were reprising the roles they had played in the 2010 Broadway revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1983 ...

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 ...

The sins of the father are often paid for by the children, and Troy Maxson is a man of many sins. Denzel Washington directs and stars as Troy in the film “Fences,” based on the play by August Wilson.