Dominic Taylor

playwright, director, and professor at UCLA who studies African American theater

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Actor James Earl Jones died Monday at age 93. He’s best known as the voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa. But his best work, and maybe least well-known, came on stage.

Remembering James Earl Jones’ ‘fantastically precise’ theater career

Actor James Earl Jones died Monday at age 93. He’s best known as the voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa. But his best work, and maybe least well-known, came on stage.

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