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August-Wilson

Television/Theater Review: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — Listening to the Lessons of the Blues

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a stellar artistic accomplishment, a blazingly powerful dramatic experience.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television, Theater Tagged: August-Wilson, Chadwick Boseman, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe, Ma-Raineys-Black-Bottom, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Viola Davis

Theater Review: August Wilson’s “Radio Golf” — The Culture We Build

The message of August Wilson’s final play: the future rests not on the number of Whole Foods we build but on the culture we value.

By: Mary Paula Hunter Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: August-Wilson, Mary Paula Hunter, Radio-Golf, Trinity Repertory Company

Film Review: “Fences” — The Tragedy of Walls

This excellent film version of the play Fences meets (even exceeds) the considerable demands of August Wilson’s script.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: August-Wilson, Denzel Washington, Fences, Viola Davis

Film Commentary: Black Lives Matter, Cinematic Expressions

One of the heartening trends in film during 2016 has been an increase in the number of quality films that focus on African-Americans.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Anna Rose Holmer, August-Wilson, Barry Jenkins, Birth of a Nation, Denzel Washington, Fences, I Am Not Your Negro, James Baldwin, Loving, Mira Nair, Moonlight, Nate Parker, Queen of Katwe, The Fits

Theater Review: “How I Learned What I Learned” — August Wilson’s Indelible Lessons

August Wilson’s dramatized autobiography, thanks to the magnificent actor Eugene Lee, is a stirring experience.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: August-Wilson, Eugene Lee, How I learned, Huntington Theater Company, Todd Kriedler

Theater Review: A Superbly Gritty Staging of August Wilson’s “Fences”

Director Eric C. Engel and the Gloucester Stage Company cast gives Fences an insightful and nuanced production.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: August-Wilson, Daver Morrison, Eric C Engel, Fences, Gloucester Stage Company

Book Review: August Wilson Play Cycle — Complete

The Theatre Communications Group is to be congratulated for making readily available one of the most colossal feats in American drama. For those who don’t want the entire “August Wilson Century Cycle,” the plays can also be acquired individually. The August Wilson Century Cycle, by August Wilson, The Theater Communications Group, $200. By Caldwell Titcomb […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Theater Tagged: August-Wilson, Caldwell-Titcomb, Fences, Frank-Rich, Gem-of-the-Ocean, Joe-Turners-Come-and-Gone, John-Lahr, Ma-Raineys-Black-Bottom, Radio-Golf, Seven-Guitars, The-Piano-Lesson, Theater, Toni-Morrison, Two-Trains-Running

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