Topic: August Wilson

When August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" erupted on Broadway in October 1984, the American theater discovered a new star playwright. But...
Last year, Kenny Leon's Broadway production of August Wilson's "Fences" won three Tony Awards after garnering 10 nominations, a record for a play...
The Mountaintop," in a 16-week Broadway run at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, has gotten attention for the star power of the lead actors — Samuel...

Dynamic and compelling

0 . Seven Guitars: Drama. By August Wilson. Directed by Kent Gash. Through Sept. 4. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. Two hours...
Pittsburgh Bouncers, get ready for The Foreign Exchange to come to your city on Friday, May 20th for another memorable stop on the 2011...
Enough with the talk about Tyler Perry perpetuating racial stereotypes. How is what he's doing any different from the much loved Sanford and Son...

every tongue confess at Arena Stage, Reviewed

Writer Jimi Izrael, deconstructing the chorus of scorn that greeted Tyler Perry's film For Colored Girls, took issue recently with the idea that the otherwise populist Perry had dreamed too big when he tackled such a high-toned project. A Greeks-inspired, August ...
Ford's Theatre knew going into its revival of the well-worn, 60-year-old Sabrina Fair that a quaint, fizzy rumination on class just wouldn't do. House of Gold and Oklahoma!?now running at Woolly Mammoth and Arena Stage, respectively?both feature minority ...
Ford's Theatre knew going into its revival of the well-worn, 60-year-old Sabrina Fair that a quaint, fizzy rumination on class just wouldn't do. House of Gold and Oklahoma!?now running at Woolly Mammoth and Arena Stage, respectively?both feature minority ...
Ford's Theatre knew going into its revival of the well-worn, 60-year-old Sabrina Fair that a quaint, fizzy rumination on class just wouldn't do. House of Gold and Oklahoma!?now running at Woolly Mammoth and Arena Stage, respectively?both feature minority ...