All posts tagged "august wilson"
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‘Radio Golf’ Review: The Price of Success
The late August Wilson's "Radio Golf" closed out his celebrated Century Cycle with a stark, urgent drama set in 1997.
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Viola Davis Completes Her EGOT With Grammy Win
In one of the most exciting moments of the 2023 Grammys, Viola Davis completed her EGOT, which remains perhaps the greatest honor in entertainment. This...
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DC Theater Review: Seven Guitars at Arena Stage
Arena Stage's solid production of "Seven Guitars" strikes a properly wistful tone for August Wilson's blues-tinged drama.
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom review: A fitting finale for Chadwick Boseman
Netflix's lean, loose film captures the collision of two incredible talents running at full steam.
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Theater Review: Fences at Ford’s Theatre
Craig Wallace and Erika Rose lead a top-notch ensemble through August Wilson's Award-winning masterpiece
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Stage Review: Arena’s “Two Trains Running” reflects the complexity of the black experience
A funny, angry, stoic and unaccountably hopeful deep-dive into the lives of 1960s working class African Americans
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How I Learned What I Learned at Round House Theatre
An autobiographical tour-de-force from another of America’s greatest playwrights
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Fences, starring Viola Davis and Denzel Washington, opens this weekend
Both actors recently snagged Golden Globe nominations for reviving their roles in the movie adaptation
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King of Pain: King Hedley II (Review)
King Hedley II is a ruthlessly honest examination of the profound costs of prejudice
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Making History
Born in 1945 to a father who was a German immigrant baker and a mother who was an African-American cleaning woman, Frederick August Kittel would...
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Stage Presence: Motivating Fences
''I didn't audition for Troy because I didn't think I would be considered for Troy.'' Michael Sainte-Andress is referring to the leading character in Fences,...
