The 1995 film follows a young woman, played by Winona Ryder, learning about love and heartbreak through a quilting circle ...

Debbie Allen will direct the first, and only, stage play authorized by Maya Angelou’s estate. Renowned performing arts icon Debbie Allen has been tapped to direct the upcoming play based on Maya ...

LOS ANGELES — In the nearly 30-year friendship that Tavis Smiley shared with Maya Angelou, he learned the renowned writer's views on life and how to live it to the fullest. One year after Angelou's ...

It’s been a long time coming, but “Maya Angelou: Phenomenal Woman,” described by its creators as an “epic” play, will have its world premiere on Saturday at Hanesbrands Theatre. An earlier version of ...

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“Warm, humble and as iconic as you’d imagine,” is how Dr. Stephanie Howard, assistant professor of theater at North Carolina Central University, described the late Dr. Maya Angealou. Howard, who goes ...