Woodie King Jr., founding father of powerhouse off-Broadway New Federal Theatre, dies at 88

NEW YORK (AP) — Woodie King Jr., an actor, director and producer who based the New Federal Theatre to present voice and employment to Black playwrights, actors, administrators, designers and younger folks getting into the American theater, has died. He was 88. His off-Broadway theater firm stated King died Thursday at Weill Cornell Medical Heart in […]