This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. August Wilson's come and gone. The playwright's death last fall was such a huge blow to contemporary American theater, that it still hasn't completely sunk in.

After her heartbreaking performance as Mamie Till in the critically acclaimed Till, Danielle Deadwyler is soon to be a household name. John David Washington wowed audiences in Christopher Nolan’s ...

Shakespeare & Company will present The Piano Lesson by August Wilson from July 25 through August 24 at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, in partnership with Actors’ Shakespeare Project. This marks the ...

A new adaptation of The Piano Lesson updates the playwright’s convictions about how legacies are passed down through generations. In the 2020 documentary Giving Voice, one of Wilson’s longtime ...

On Jan. 7, August Wilson gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — a fitting tribute for a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright who is one of the most celebrated and important American ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh playwright August Wilson was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. Denzel Washington, Danielle Deadwyler and the cast and filmmakers ...

THE STORY. THIS PIANO IS AT THE CENTER OF THE STORY. IN AUGUST WILSON’S THE PIANO LESSON. IT’S A FAMILY HEIRLOOM, AND IT IS THE CENTER OF CONFLICT BETWEEN BOY WILLIE AND BERNIE’S BROTHER AND SISTER. I ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Laurence Glasco, co-author of "August Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays," talked about the role of Pittsburgh's Hill District in the ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson was the 1994 commencement speaker at Morgan State University in Maryland, and one of the graduates in the audience was ...

1 Full Cast Set For MAYBE HAPPY ENDING North American Tour 2 Cast Set For New Version of THE BODYGUARD on North American Tour The play is set at 1839 Wylie Avenue, the home of Aunt Ester, who says she ...

Wilson is considered in the pantheon of great American writers like Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. TIMES SQUARE, New York (WABC) -- One of this year's most talked about Oscar contenders "Fences ...