This Goodman production of August Wilson’s Chicago-set play about blues music has one truly exceptional performance among ...

This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. August Wilson's come and gone. The playwright's death last fall was such a huge blow to contemporary American theater, that it still hasn't completely sunk in.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 play is the story of a man whose dreams are limited by racism and his past mistakes ...

Set in 1970s Pittsburgh, August Wilson’s Jitney explores the lives of unlicensed cab drivers—men hustling to survive while providing vital transportation in their community. Operating out of a ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson was the 1994 commencement speaker at Morgan State University in Maryland, and one of the graduates in the audience was ...

“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” arguably the finest work in August Wilson’s 10-play series chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century, is set in a boarding house in Pittsburgh in ...

Kandi Burruss has joined the production team for the upcoming Broadway revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric "The Entertainer." Led by Brian ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On October 2, 2005, profoundly impactful playwright, August Wilson, died. August Wilson is the man responsible for hit movies like “Fences,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “The ...

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Theater-goers have a chance to make a visible investment in the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Downtown Pittsburgh through new seat-naming opportunities. The initiative is a ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Laurence Glasco, co-author of "August Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays," talked about the role of Pittsburgh's Hill District in the ...