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...colours. Big Daddy? That was James Earl Jones (of intergalactic renown as the voice of Vader). Big Mama? That role went to Phylicia Rashad, best-known for The Cosby Show. If this was a case of uninvited guests squatting a famous old...

In this article: Adrian Lester, Tennessee Williams, Hustle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Darth Vader, Debbie Allen, Case 39, Hamlet, and Cheek by Jowl

James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Adrian Lester and Sanaa Lathan The 2008 Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, which featured an African-American cast led by James Earl Jones as Big Daddy and Phylicia Rashad as...

In this article: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, James Earl Jones, A Raisin in the Sun, Adrian Lester, Richard Blackwood, Royal Shakespeare Company, Tennessee Williams, and Alex Haley

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof stars (from left) James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Adrian Lester and Sanaa Lathan. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, London Debbie Allen is probably best known for playing the dance teacher in the film and TV versions of...

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...liars", avarice and thwarted sexual longing had James Earl Jones as the faltering patriarch Big Daddy, and Allen's own sister, Phylicia Rashad, as his brash, beleaguered wife, heading a star-studded cast. This much is unarguable: Allen's...

In this article: Tennessee Williams, Debbie Allen, James Earl Jones, Maggie, London, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Hamlet

...saying he objected to profanities at the ceremony honoring Richard Pryor. Several of Cosby's "Cosby Show" co-stars, including Phylicia Rashad, are on hand, along with Michelle Obama and Jill Biden. School picture time is an ordeal for...

In this article: Bill Cosby, Mark Twain Prize, Jill Biden, World Series, Michelle Obama, The Yankees, Richard Pryor, and Cybill Shepherd

...catch Bill Cosby as he's honored on "Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize 2009" (WETA and MPT at 8). Cosby's former cast mates Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm Jamal-Warner show up, along with Carl Reiner, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld, and the...

In this article: Bill Cosby, The Jay Leno Show, Allergy, Persistent genital arousal disorder, Tourette's syndrome, Larry Bird, Laura Bush, Jenna Bush Hager, and Tyler Perry's House of Payne

...White House officials and a cast of stars: singers Alicia Keyes and Sheryl Crow; actresses and sisters Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad; actress Fran Drescher; Gen. Ann Dunwoody, the first woman to become a four-star general; and Mae Jemison,...

In this article: Michelle Obama, Washington, Letitia Baldrige, White House, Valerie Jarrett, and Chicago

...their fellow funny man with the nation's top comedy prize, along with two co-stars from "The Cosby Show," Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. They hailed Cosby's work breaking down racial barriers and stereotypes and replayed his...

In this article: Bill Cosby, Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Washington, Dick Gregory, Chris Rock, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and The Cosby Show

...ceremony in Washington DC. Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld paid tribute to the comic along with with two Cosby Show co-stars, Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm Jamal Warner. Cosby, 72, quipped that when a man sees his life flash before his eyes, it...

In this article: Bill Cosby, Mark Twain Prize, Jerry Seinfeld, The Cosby Show, God, Michelle Obama, Richard Pryor, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Dick Gregory, and Whoopi Goldberg

...was saluted by fellow comedians and entertainers. He was lauded by Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and "The Cosby Show" co-stars Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Afterward, Cosby said he saw his life pass before his eyes but it was...

In this article: Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, The Cosby Show, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner