It would be hard to imagine two more divergent personalities than heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and Hollywood comedian Stepin Fetchit. Temperamental opposites, they formed an improbable alliance ...

The play Fetch Clay, Make Man explores the sense of identity through the eyes of two significant figures in black history — Stepin Fetchit... 'Fetch Clay, Make Man': Ali, Fetchit And The 'Anchor Punch ...

Who/What: The Ensemble Theatre celebrates Muhammad Ali and Stepin’ Fetchit, two defining figures in sports and comedy, with Fetch Clay, Make Man, by Will Power and directed by Mirron Willis. “My life ...

In many ways, boxer Muhammad Ali seemed a self-made man. After all, the former Cassius Clay chose his own name, his religion and his causes and captured the attention of the world with his poetry and ...

The NBA legend and his SpringHill partner Maverick Carter are teaming with Debbie Allen, who will make her Center Theatre Group directorial debut on Will Power's play about Muhammad Ali and Stepin ...

Sonny Liston probably wasn't expecting Muhammad Ali's knockout punch in 1965. It came from below and put the former heavyweight champion on the mat within a minute of the opening bell. Ali stood ...

Imagined conversations among great historical figures seems to be the order of the day on the Buffalo theater scene. Fond memories of American Repertory Theater’s 2015 production of Steve Martin’s ...

In FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN, when people address Stepin Fetchit, the well-known (if infamous) movie actor of the 1930s, they tend to use his whole name and lace it with a dollop of snide, as if no ...

Most performers don’t get to meet the figures from history they portray. Patti LuPone never said hello to Eva Peron. Tom Hulce didn’t shake hands with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But Ben Vereen met both ...

8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. (No performance Nov. 11.) 2:30 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays. (Also: 11 a.m. Nov. 4.) Through Nov. 22. $15-$50. True Colors Theatre, Southwest ...