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*Pablo Lopez, a senior at the Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts, placed second at the sixth annual national finals of the August Wilson Monologue Competition (AWMC) on Monday, May 6, 2013, at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway. Lopez had participated in the Southern California AWMC regional finals hosted by Center [...]
*It was a night of nights at the Mark Taper Forum last night when the stars came out for the opening of the August Wilson classic “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” directed by Phylicia Rashad. Stars in attendance included Angela Bassett, Dawn Lewis, Debbie Allen, Norm Nixon, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Harry Lennix, Lamman Rucker, Lynn [...]
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*August Wilson’s plays are going from the stage to the radio airwaves. New York Public Radio’s Jerome L. Greene Performance Space in New York will soon play host to all 10 of the late playwright’s works now that the Wilson estate has granted the rights to NYPR to record them as live performances, reports the [...]
*Despite an overall sluggish sales week on Broadway, “Fences” managed to break the house record at the Cort, and producers have announced that the revival starring Tony nominees Denzel Washington and Viola Davis will recoup its costs by of the end of this week. The August Wilson play will make back its $2.8 million capitalization [...]
*Below are photos from the first Broadway revival of Fences, the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by August Wilson starring two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington Oscar nominee and Tony winner Viola Davis. The play officially opens tonight at the Cort Theatre April 26 following previews that began April 14. Davis plays mother [...]
*Broadway’s first revival of Fences, the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by August Wilson, begins previews tonight at the Cort Theatre with stars Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. Davis, an Oscar nominee and Tony winner, plays mother and wife Rose opposite Oscar winner Washington as Troy Maxson. Kenny Leon (Broadway’s Radio Golf, Gem of [...]
*He’s known primarily as a Hollywood film star, but Denzel Washington’s roots are in live theater. Thus it’s no surprise that he’s taken time out from appearing in big screen money makers to appear on Broadway in August Wilson’s drama, “Fences.” Here he talks about how his patriarchal character, Troy Maxon, reminds him of his [...]
*Russell Hornsby and Mykelti Williamson are among the actors joining Denzel Washington in the upcoming Broadway production of August Wilson’s Fences. Hornsby (ABC’s “Lincoln Heights” & HBO’s “In Treatment”) will play Lyons, while Williamson (FOX’s “24″ & “Forrest Gump”) will portray Gabriel. Casting for the role of Raynell will be announced at a later date. [...]
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