Bringing August Wilson's rich and provocative play to the Young Vic stage led us to some surprising discoveries
Theatrical magic for which actors as well as audience need feel grateful. August Wilson can only be happy for them and for himself.
...more, much more, as the race continues to the Tonys finish line
Roger Robinson performs an excerpt from the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play.
When I saw August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" 21 years ago, I thought, Wow. That's his best yet. After seeing Lincoln Center Theater's loving revival, I thought, Damn. That's his b…
Now we have a majestic revival of "Joe Turner's Come and Gone", and the main man behind the scenes is white director Bartlett Sher. Would Wilson approve?
August Wilson's gift for storytelling has rarely been more beguiling than in this lyrical 1986 drama, and in his searing revival, director Bartlett Sher makes every note strong and true.
Coleman has put his stamp on it, in a production that lives up to the play's reputation as Wilson's best.
With an August Wilson play such as the excellent revival of "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" that opened Thursday night at the Belasco Theater, you have to go with the flow.
A splendid ensemble, under the direction of Bartlett Sher, graces this stunning Broadway revival of the play that first appeared on Broadway 21 years ago
How good it is to finally have this shimmering, sprawling, haunting work back on Broadway, even if the Lincoln Center Theater's fine production, directed by Bartlett Sher, doesn't have all t…
As he did with his 2006 LCT revival of Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing!, Sher relies too much on his own pet tricks to present a story that's more than capable of telling itself. And, as with that production, he doesn't so much illuminate long-camouflaged truths as he does obscure points that have always been crystal clear.
II missed the recent performance by the Waterbury Arts Magnet School of August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" because I was on vacation.