The crowd cheered and screamed when John Leguizamo took to the stage. He will be coming to Broadway along with Cedric the Entertainer in the play "American Buffalo," and he was on hand to let the public know about the other plays that will be on Broadway this season. Those plays include: To Be or Not To Be," a Mel Brooks comedy; "The American Plain," which is about a courtship in the Catskills in the 1960s; "Accent On Youth," a comedy about love's possibilities; "All My Sons," by Arthur Miller, about a man who sold defective airplane parts to the US government; "August Osage County," about a Western family that unites after the father disappears; "Bong, Bong," about an airline pilot having affairs; "Inviting the Estate"-a play about confronting your past to see your future; "Equus"; a r...
... to see your future; "Equus"; a revival of "Fences" by August Wilson; David Mamet's "Speed The Plow";...
If trophies are your criterion, shows with Pittsburgh connections did not fare well at Sunday's 2010 Tony Awards ceremony. Though nominated in 10 categories, the revival of native Pittsburgh playwright August Wilson's "Fences" received only three awards -- best play, best performance by a leading actor in a play (Denzel Washington) and best performance by a leading actress in a play (Viola Davis).
Whether it is in the uncanny acting that has allowed [Madeline McCray] to bring to life our first female Black pilot in the world-"A Dream to Fly: The Bessie Coleman Story"-or in the transformational work with one of the most generous entrepreneurs in our community, [Terrie M. Williams], Madeline McCray uses her life to give ours new possibilities. I pray before I go on stage, before any performance, no matter the character," intimates Madeline. "When I met Bessie Coleman's niece, Marion-who was 83 at that time-and her nephew, Arthur-who was also in his eighties and who became a pilot himself because he watched his aunt fly for the first time from an air strip in Chicago, where they lived-I was given one of the greatest compliments," she continued. Madeline McCray was destined for the ...
... John Amos (of "Good Times" fame) in August Wilson's Pulitzer Prizewinning play "Fences," directed by...
When Clyde Ruffin, a theater professor at the University of Missouri, saw the play "Fences" with its original Broadway cast many years ago, he knew he wanted to direct it someday. Photo by Parker Eshelman
Fences" is one of [August Wilson]'s "20th Century Cycle" plays that trace Black American life decade by decade from 1900 to 2000. Penumbra is in the midst of presenting all of them within a five-year span. "That's what the Black artist movement did-allow you to be yourself on stage," [Chris Widdess] explained. "We get criticized for not doing [the plays] 'The Whiz' or 'Crowns,' but we are not about entertainment. 'Penumbra' is a scientific word to describe the shadow during an eclipse, between the darkness and the light. For us, it represents the marginali zation of people pushed to the sides of society and not allowed to participate it. That speaks to everything we do here. Among them is the Selby-Dale Neighborhood. Years ago, the area was known for its gambling, drugs and other illi...
Please mark your calendar now to join Cong. Danny K. Davis (D-7th) as he presents a very important panel discussion titled "Being My Sisters Keeper - The Role of African American Men In Combating the Spread of HIV to African American Women" at his annual "State of the District" Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, at Malcolm X College starting at 10 a.m. The queen of daytime talk radio over at WVON-AM/ 1690 Santita Jackson, will be the moderator for this timely discussion. Joining her are panelists Dr. William Johnson of Luck Medical Clinic; Mr. Richard Wallace of Men and Women Prison Ministries, and TPAN; Rev. Johnnie L. Miller, pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church; and Charles Nelson of South Side Help Center. The number one reason why you should attend is quite simple: Today women account...
...Experiencing the moving world of August Wilson.. Chicago's very own Pegasus Players will begin it...); Two Trains Running (Pegasus, 2005); and Fences (Hartford Stage, Dallas Theatre Center, Portland C...
The work's enthusiasts-or should we say "apologists?"have cooked up various explanations for New York's lackluster response to it, but the plain truth is that its supporters have simply mistaken the will for the deed. Because they feel that the theater must address topics like Enron, a point on which I heartily concur, they want to believe that Enron succeeds. [...] comes the large-scale social drama of Enron's effect on the outside world: the firms it influenced and took down with it; the investors, trading partners, and employees it lured on and ultimately injured or destroyed.
...; Margulies's Collected Stones andWilson's Fences stand firm. Enron. By Lucy Prebble. Broadhurst The...Fences. By August Wilson. Cort Theatre. 138 West 48th Street, 212-23...
August Wilson didn't start out his career intending to write a total of 10 plays, one set in each decade of the 20th century. But that's what he accomplished by the time of his death in 2005. The Pittsburgh Cycle, as the series has been called, includes two Pulitzer Prize-winning dramas - "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson" - and each play depicts a different slice of life in Pittsburgh's Hill District, an African-American neighborhood that can be seen in different stages of its evolution throughout the last century.
When everything goes right, a family photo can be a sweet, steadfast visual document of togetherness and the ties that bind. When things go wrong, however, such a portrait can be one of the most unflattering, unholy phenomena known to man. A perfect storm of stilted smiles, dreadful matching sweaters and unnatural backdrops can result in something so awkward and unintentionally funny that entire websites -- such as the painfully brilliant sensation Awkward Family Photos -- have been created to recycle the worst possible attempts at preserving a family's features. University of Misouri Department of Theatre 2010-2011 Season
...Feb. 24-26 and March 3-6: "Fences," written by August Wilson, directed by Clyde Ruff...
Playwright [August Wilson] (1945-2005) said that, like James Baldwin, he sought to show "that black tradition . . . that can sustain a man once he's left his father's house." "Fences" is the sixth chapter in his epic, 10-play cycle exploring the African American experience through each decade of the 20th century, and the ninth of his plays to be staged by the Huntington. Brandon J. Dirden plays [Troy Maxson]'s first son, the 34-year-old Lyons, who was brought up by his mother. An aspiring jazz musician and dapper dresser, he endures his father's putdowns as he comes by to borrow $10. Dirden projects the young man's bravado and eagerness to win his father's respect. [Rose], as performed by Crystal Fox, is a blend of loveliness and backbone, and her strength emerges all the more as the li...
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