"Unspeakable," an inside look at the life of comedian and social critic Richard Pryor, stars James Murray Jackson Jr. and E. Faye Butler. It premiered in Chicago on Oct. 6 at the Broadway Playhouse.

Forest Whitaker is teaming with the late comedian’s widow, Jennifer Pryor, to produce the film through his Significant Productions shingle. Whitaker will develop a new script with input from Jennifer ...

Richard Pryor’s legendary run is chronicled in the new box set I Hope I’m Funny: The Warner Albums (1974-1983), out now via Rhino. Scott Saul, an English professor at the University of California, ...

Activist comedian Dick Gregory knew Richard Pryor as well as anyone when Pryor exploded on to the American scene in the late 1960s. The controversial Gregory literally and figuratively set the stage ...

Stand-up legend Richard Pryor will always be considered a 1-of-1 talent in the world of comedy. As brilliant as he was blunt, his immortal jokes live on in an archive of comedy albums throughout his ...