Spike Lee to Adapt Roger Guenveur Smith's Solo Show Frederick Douglass Now for the Screen
Lee previously collaborated with the writer-performer on film versions of his plays A Huey P. Newton Story and Rodney King.
Today is Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Laura Dean Joanna Going Richard Schiff Kip Niven Bruce Weitz Louis Gossett, Jr. William Cain Inge Morath Herman Wouk Richard Waring Vincent Price Harold J. Rome Dashiell Hammett Ernst Matray Lucile Watson Dustin Farnum Arnold Bennett John Chapman Fred Wise John Cheever Elena Miramova Jeremy Stolle