Nearly two years after making his Beck Center for the Arts directorial debut with August Wilson’s “Jitney,” Northeast Ohio actor-director Jimmie Woody is back in Lakewood once again tackling another ...

In "August Wilson's American Century," biographer Laurence A. Glasco deeply explores how his hometown helped make August ...

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.

In elementary school, Reggie Howze sat beside Frederick August Kittel Jr. — aka August Wilson. They would become fast friends.

Theater-goers have a chance to make a visible investment in the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Downtown Pittsburgh through new seat-naming opportunities. The initiative is a ...

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 ...

“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” arguably the finest work in August Wilson’s 10-play series chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century, is set in a boarding house in Pittsburgh in ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On October 2, 2005, profoundly impactful playwright, August Wilson, died. August Wilson is the man responsible for hit movies like “Fences,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “The ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The U.S. Postal Service's 44th Black Heritage stamp is now available which honors legendary playwright August Wilson. "The Postal Service is honored to issue the August Wilson Forever ...

August Wilson, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a Tony Award, is widely regarded as one of the finest playwrights ever to write for the American stage. His American Century Cycle, which traces the ...

The Baltimore theater community is honoring award-winning Black American playwright August Wilson. The Chesapeake Shakespeare ...

The Detroit Repertory Theatre will continue its 69th Season and the production of the American Century Cycle with August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. The production ...