Wilson, Rush, Raimi
With Tony awards upon us, we check in on some of Broadway's best. A revival of August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" is up for six Tonys, but has caused controversy with the choice of a white...
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Of course, it's an honor just to be nominated...
The New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association announced the finalists for its television and radio news awards yesterday, and we were happy to see that Studio 360 made the list - not...
View ArticleViola Davis
Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Viola Davis discusses playing the role of Rose in the revival of August Wilson’s "Fences."Directed by Kenny Leon and also starring Denzel Washington, the...
View ArticleThe Piano Lesson Plays Again on New York Stage
August Wilson’s play The Piano Lesson is one of the few in his 10-play “Century Cycle” that has not seen a major New York revival since its original Broadway production in 1985. The Signature Theatre,...
View Article“The Piano Lesson”
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, director of “The Piano Lesson,” and Brandon Dirden and Roslyn Ruff, who play the leads, discuss the play, the fourth play of August Wilson’s epic Century Cycle. “The Piano...
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In 2013, August Wilson's 'American Century Cycle'
The August Wilson Estate has, for the first time, granted the rights to record all 10 plays of his "American Century Cycle" to The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR.Beginning in 2013,...
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August Wilson's American Century Cycle
August Wilson's celebrated 10-play cycle captures 100 years of African American life during each decade of the 20th century. Join us for an historic series in The Greene Space as an extraordinary cast...
View ArticleConnections: Author Isabel Wilkerson on the Great Migration
From about 1915 to 1970, more than 6 million African Americans fled the segregationist laws of the rural South for the hope of a better life in the cities of the North, Midwest and West.Known as the...
View ArticlePhotos: August Wilson's American Century Cycle Launch
The Greene Space celebrated the launch of August Wilson's American Century Cycle on June 15, 2013, bringing directors, actors and supporters of the series together to discuss the playwright's legacy —...
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My First August Wilson Play...
Do you remember the first time you saw or read an August Wilson play? The cast members and directors in August Wilson's American Century Cycle sure do. We asked them to share their Wilson moment —...
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11 Things You Should Know About August Wilson
We're gearing up for the launch of August Wilson’s American Century Cycle, an historic reading and recording series in The Greene Space that kicks off August 26 and runs through September 28. The...
View ArticlePhoto Timeline: August Wilson's Century Cycle
The Greene Space's production of August Wilson's American Century Cycle presents the playwright's works in the order in which they premiered, rather than in chronological order of the decade-by-decade...
View ArticleVideo: Behind August Wilson's American Century Cycle
Our historic series, August Wilson's American Century Cycle, marks the first time an organization has been granted rights to record all 10 of the playwright's works chronicling African American life in...
View ArticleVideo: Preserving August Wilson's Legacy
"August Wilson was my husband, my favorite playwright and storyteller." As we launch the historic August Wilson's American Century Cycle reading and recording series, hear from Constanza Romero,...
View ArticleAugust Wilson's American Century Cycle Team
The creative and technical team behind August Wilson's American Century Cycle:Executive Producer: Indira Etwaroo, Ph.D.Executor of August Wilson Estate: Constanza RomeroArtistic Director: Ruben...
View ArticleListen: Brian Lehrer Talks August Wilson's American Century Cycle
Actor and series artistic director Ruben Santiago-Hudson, actor and associate artistic director Stephen McKinley Henderson and audio theater producer Arthur Yorinks sat down with Brian Lehrer today to...
View ArticleAugust Wilson Cycle
WNYC's The Greene Space is in the midst of presenting all ten plays that form August Wilson's American Century Cycle. Artistic director Ruben Santiago Hudson, actor and associate artistic director...
View ArticleVideo: Poet Sonia Sanchez on August Wilson
Groundbreaking poet and playwright Sonia Sanchez opened The Greene Space's reading of "The Piano Lesson" on Sept. 9, 2013 with her reflections on playwright August Wilson and his legacy."[Wilson] heard...
View ArticleVideo: August Wilson Talk Series - The Lloyd Richards Effect
Theater director Lloyd Richards, long-time Dean of the Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of the National Playwrights Conference, discovered and championed August Wilson’s plays and directed...
View ArticleVideo: August Wilson Talk Series - The Women of the Century Cycle
The male characters may often be the central drivers of the narratives in August Wilson's work, but it's the women who are considered the theatrical backbone. Journalist Charisse Jones led a...
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