Woodie King Jr., Impresario of Black Theater, Dies at 88 NYT Par :Laura Collins-Hughes 3 février 2026 à 00:25 His New Federal Theater in New York provided a rare stage for Black playwrights and emerging actors, among them Denzel Washington, Phylicia Rashad and Chadwick Boseman. © Aaron Lee Fineman for The New York TimesWoodie King Jr. in 2004 in front of the New Federal Theater in the Henry Street Playhouse building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.