Playbill for Fences: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Fences. White background with yellow box at top; white box below, graphic of two men placed at either end of title, man on right is wearing a football uniform while man on left has his arms at his hips. [PLAYBILL/46th STREET THEATRE/FENCES] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1987.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1987
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Richard Rodgers Theatre, American, founded 1925
• Subject of: August Wilson, American, 1945 - 2005
• Subject of: James Earl Jones, American, 1931 - 2024
• Subject of: Mary Alice, American, born 1941
• Subject of: Ray Aranha, American, 1939 - 2011
• Subject of: Charles Brown, American, 1946 - 2004
• Subject of: Frankie R. Faison, American, born 1949
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2011.45.27
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.