 The honor comes nearly two decades after Richard's death. He made a trailblazing Broadway debut in 1959... directing Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. Richards directed and produced many of August Wilson's plays... including Fences, which won Richards a Tony in 1987. His influence extended well beyond Broadway. He was dean of the Yale School of Drama... and ran the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut...