Jason King Jones looks at the Broadway journey of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, from its 1990 arrival in New York to its Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award success.

Jason King Jones discusses stage directions — or the lack there of — in the plays of William Shakespeare.

Jason King Jones talks about how Shakespeare was not only an actor and a playwright, but also a shareholder in his theater company — the Lord Chamberlain’s Men.

Jason King Jones looks at how Shakespeare transformed the borrowed story of Romeo and Juliet into one of the most emotionally powerful love stories the theater has ever offered.

Jason King Jones looks at Shakespeare’s most compelling villains, from Iago and Richard III to Edmund, and how that tradition of brilliant, calculating stage villains lives on in Sherlock Holmes’ nemesis, Professor Moriarty.

Jason King Jones looks at the connection between Shakespeare and August Wilson, whose The Piano Lesson wrestles with inheritance, family history, and the way the dead reach forward into the lives of the living.

Jason King Jones discusses how William Shakespeare was a source of inspiration for Nelson Mandela during his imprisonment on South Africa's Robben Island.

Jason King Jones discusses an incident during one of Shakespeare's plays which caused a legendary theater to burn to the ground.

Jason King Jones talks about Shakespeare's continued appeal, including his themes on life, death, marriage, work, jealousy, passion, and the things we want most out of life.

Jason King Jones discusses the many kinds of jobs required to produce one of Shakespeare's plays back in Elizabethan England.