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August Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". [ 1 ] He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle (or The Century Cycle ) , which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the ...
The Piano Lesson is a 1987 play by American playwright August Wilson.It is the fourth play in Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle.Wilson began writing this play by playing with the various answers regarding the possibility of "acquir[ing] a sense of self-worth by denying one's past". [1]
King Hedley II is the ninth play in August Wilson’s ten-play cycle that, decade by decade, examines African American life in the United States during the twentieth century. Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1985, it tells the story of an ex-con in Pittsburgh trying to rebuild his life.
August Wilson, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who chronicled the Black experience in America, gets a stirring biography from Patti Hartigan. Playwright August Wilson was ahead of his time.
The first time Malcolm Washington attended the Toronto International Film Festival, he was a spectator, along for the ride as his older brother, actor John David Washington, debuted a film.
Jitney is a play by American playwright August Wilson. The eighth in his " Pittsburgh Cycle ", this play is set in a worn-down gypsy cab station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , in early autumn 1977. The play premiered on Broadway in 2017.
Danielle Deadwyler is a force of nature. The versatile actor’s career has skyrocketed in recent years, with roles that span genres and defy expectations. In 2024 alone, Deadwyler took on a ...
Two Trains Running is a 1990 play by American playwright August Wilson, the seventh in his ten-part series The Pittsburgh Cycle. The play takes place in 1968 in the Hill District, an African-American neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It explores the social and psychological manifestations of changing attitudes toward race from the ...