The life and legacy of pioneering Black theatre maker and producer Woodie King Jr. will be honored with a special tribute at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre April 27. Additional details are to be ...

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Influential theater producer and director Woodie King Jr. died at age 88 in New York City. King founded the New Federal Theatre in 1970, which became a launchpad for Black artists and landmark plays.

NEW YORK (AP) — Woodie King Jr., an actor, director and producer who founded the New Federal Theatre to give voice and employment to Black playwrights, actors, directors, designers and young people ...

His New Federal Theater in New York provided a rare stage for Black playwrights and emerging actors, among them Denzel Washington, Phylicia Rashad and Chadwick Boseman. By Laura Collins-Hughes See ...

Woodie King Jr., the theater actor, director and producer, who advocated for Black onstage representation, has died. He was 88. The New Federal Theatre (NFT), his company dedicated to amplifying the ...

Producer, director, and New Federal Theatre founder Woodie King Jr. passed away at age 88 at Weill Cornell Medical Center on January 29, following complications from emergency heart surgery. Known for ...

Woodie King Jr., the indomitable force who insisted that Black life, in all its beauty and complexity, belonged on America’s stages, died Thursday, Jan. 29. He was 88. “A giant has left big footsteps ...

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