The key to Wendell Pierce’s longevity: Commitment to the acting ‘trifecta’

Wendell Pierce can recall the exact evening — the exact moment, in fact — that he unlocked William Shakespeare’s lyrical language. It was September 1981, and the New Orleans native was a first-year Juilliard student who didn’t exactly see eye to eye with the Bard. “I felt verse was so restrictive,”...

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