HBO and David Simon prevent a Wire actor's plans to put on “The Wire: A Stage Play"

The Baltimore Sun

Norris Davis, who appeared on seven episodes of the HBO series, had been billing his play as a spinoff of The Wire with the two main characters named Avon Barksdale and Chris Partlow. But after talking to HBO, he has opted to change the play's title and connection to The Wire,  but he plans to keep his characters' names.