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Tony Awards 2023: The complete list of winners

Broadway's biggest night is here and these are all the winners from the 2023 Tony Awards.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 11, 2023

The best theatre to stream this month: Blues for An Alabama Sky, Macbeth and more

Our roundup of drama to enjoy at home includes the National Theatre’s Pearl Cleage revival and David Tennant taking on the Scottish king for the first time

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023

Samuel L. Jackson And John David Washington Are Teaming With A Justice League Star And More For New Netflix Movie

After Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington teamed up on Broadway for The Piano Lesson, they are making it into a Netflix movie.

Cinemablend · Apr 14, 2023

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Fences review – Australian debut of August Wilson play is a remarkable achievement

Wharf 1, Sydney Theatre CompanyThe STC’s production of the Pulitzer-winning play, about a flawed patriarch wrestling with self-destruction, is lead by a uniformly excellent cast

The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2023

Susan Booth ushers in a new day with a new season at the Goodman Theatre

Artistic director — the first woman to lead the 98-year-old theater — revealed an eclectic lineup for 2023-24.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 29, 2023

Fences: August Wilson's play powerfully affirms the value and struggles of black life

Fences, a creative examination of a black family’s experience, is one of the most frequently performed plays in the US. It was first developed in 1983 by celebrated African American dramatist August Wilson, becoming a successful Broadway production in 1987.

The Conversation · Feb 18, 2023

Those who rule want to crush knowledge

The ruling class does not want us to know who we are, or to understand the struggles of those who came before us

Salon · Oct 18, 2022

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Review: Samuel L. Jackson stars in a not-always-in-tune Broadway revival of 'The Piano Lesson'

NEW YORK — Spoiled as we've been with superb revivals of August Wilson plays, it's almost confusing to encounter a high-profile Broadway production that doesn't quite live up to expectations.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 14, 2022

Review: ‘The Piano Lesson’ on Broadway stars Samuel L. Jackson and reveals August Wilson’s new status

NEW YORK — For anyone who knows how hard August Wilson once struggled to get his plays financed and produced on Broadway with mostly unknown actors from his informal repertory company from the hinterlands, the writer’s newly vaulted Gotham status is nothing short of amazing.

Chicago Tribune · Oct 14, 2022

The Piano Lesson review – August Wilson revival hits a bum note

John David Washington and Samuel L Jackson star in a tonally misjudged drama oddly played for awkward laughs

The Guardian - US · Oct 14, 2022

'Legacy' documentary celebrates August Wilson Center's triumphs and struggles

PITTSBURGH — South Side director and cinematographer Billy Jackson says his documentary, "The August Wilson Center — Building on a Legacy," is about much more than the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright from Pittsburgh.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Aboriginal actor-turned-director Shari Sebbens takes the reins on new theatre productions in Sydney and Melbourne in 2023

The Jabirr Jabirr and Bardi actor-turned-director is best known for her film and TV work, but her first love is theatre - and in 2023, she's directing a whopping four shows on Australia's main stages.

ABC News · Oct 7, 2022

Tyler Perry goes back in time for his latest Netflix flick ‘A Jazzman’s Blues’

ATLANTA — In 1995, Tyler Perry was a broke, struggling screenwriter who would sneak into Alliance Theatre plays during intermission, entering with the smokers.

Tribune News Service · Sep 22, 2022

From junkie poets to jailtime: August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned – review

Lester Purry is at home performing the late playwright’s breezy yet purposeful collection of stories from his youth, in its European premiere

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2022

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Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 8, 2022

Exceptional cast makes the most of tentative approach to ‘Fences’ at American Blues Theater

In director Monty Cole’s staging, August Wilson’s 1950s-set drama swings for the fences with mixed results.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022

The week in theatre: A Doll’s House, Part 2; Jitney – review

Lucas Hnath’s sequel to the Ibsen classic is intriguing rather than revelatory; but August Wilson’s taxi-stand drama has developed new flavour with age

Los Angeles Times · Jun 21, 2022

Samuel L. Jackson has no regrets. Except maybe for how the Oscars played out.

LOS ANGELES — If you want to soak in a moment of pure joy — and who doesn't these days? — watching Samuel L. Jackson receive an honorary Oscar from Denzel Washington at this year's Governors Awards should do the trick.

Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2022

Jitney at the Old Vic review: Tinuke Craig’s production of August Wilson’s classic fairly crackles

Superb performances drive this thrilling slice of history that resonates powerfully today

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The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

Jitney director Tinuke Craig: ‘I’m from Brixton, so I know the feeling in this play intimately’

August Wilson’s tale of a cab office in Pittsburgh threatened by ‘regeneration’ struck a chord with the 34-year-old director. She tells Nicole Vassell why she’d like Black people to come and see it at the Old Vic

Evening Standard · May 30, 2022

Tinuke Craig interview: August Wilson wrote about gentrification, in Brixton we know what that’s like

The director’s new prodution of Jitney opens at the Old Vic in June - it’s 40 years old but it still resonates today

Chicago Sun-Times · May 23, 2022

Changing times of the 1960s redefine the American Dream in ‘Two Trains Running’

By focusing on the more mundane and also bringing a broader historical perspective, playwright August Wilson captured how the hope of the young was met by the weariness of those who had seen it all before.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 18, 2022

Court Theatre to receive 2022 Regional Theatre Tony Award

The honor comes with a $25,000 grant for the Hyde Park theater company currently in the midst of its 67th season.

Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2022

August Wilson block party kicks off yearlong celebration of Pittsburgh playwright

PITTSBURGH — Russell Hornsby met August Wilson in 1995 as a senior at Boston University. The late playwright and Hill District native brought his then-new play "Seven Guitars" to a nearby theater and took an interest in Hornsby, one of the few Black aspiring actors at BU.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2022

Viola Davis on Hollywood: ‘You either have to be a Black version of a white ideal, or you have to be white’

She rose from poverty to become the first Black person to win acting’s triple crown. Now she is playing Michelle Obama and opening up about her tough path to the top

Los Angeles Times · Apr 6, 2022

You can call Courtney B. Vance an 'overnight sensation.' But you'd be wrong

Since his debut in the original Broadway productions of August Wilson's "Fences" and John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation," Courtney B. Vance has jumped between stage and screen, playing an extensive gallery of strong, vibrant characters in a career that has spanned almost four decades.

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