The Broadway Theatre Review: August Wilson’s Century Cycle Resonates with Spiritual Force at the Barrymore The sound of a guitar being gently strummed is what draws me in, but it is the fe…
Tom Hanks recently paid a visit to two Broadway productions, Joe Turner's Come and Gone and The Balusters. The iconic actor, who was last seen on stage in This World of Tomorrow in 2025, pos…
August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone is officially a five-time Tony-nominated revival! Directed by Golden Globe Award, four-time Emmy Award winner and recipient of the 2026 Academy Hon…
She said no to Broadway, including The Color Purple, until Debbie Allen came calling.
In the latest podcast episode, “Joe Turner” Tony Award nominee Ruben Santiago-Hudson, as well as Cedric the Entertainer, Debbie Allen and Joshua Boone discuss Wilson’s sound.
Broadway – Ethel Barrymore Theater: 243 West 47 Street. April 25-July 26, 2026. Drama. Author: August Wilson. 2 hrs, 45 min. Critic: David Sheward (May 2026). **** Debbie Allen’s product…
Playing now at the Barrymore Theater, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone grapples with a nation in transition, showcasing an America shortly after the Civil War, and a community …
By Samuel L. Leiter As I watched the revival of August Wilson’s emotionally explosive but dramatically stiff Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, I was struck by …
Debbie Allen's production establishes a moving world fitting Wilson’s poetry. Nicole Serratore reviews. The post Review: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at Barrymore Theatre appeared first o…
Nearly 40 years after its Broadway debut at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone returns to the same stage in its second Broadway revival—and it lands with quiet force…
Back when Joshua Boone was a drama student at Virginia Commonwealth University, he took a class called Intro to Drama. “We read 15 plays in all and there was no acting,” he explains. Tha…
Ruben Santiago-Hudson has spent a large part of his career inside August Wilson’s world. He won a Tony Award for his performance in Seven Guitars, directed the Tony-winning revival of Jitn…
The Debbie Allen-directed revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner’s Come and Gone has officially opened on Broadway. Led by Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson, Broadway.com hit the…
Hear from Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, Joshua Boone and more as they celebrate opening night of August Wilson's JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE. Get tickets to JOE TURNER'S COME AND…
Debbie Allen’s revival of the August Wilson classic Joe Turner’s Come and Gone has opened on Broadway. The cast is led by Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson, who celebrated open…
Debbie Allen’s revival of the August Wilson classic Joe Turner’s Come and Gone has opened on Broadway. The cast is led by Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson, who celebrated open…
The Barrymore Theatre was the place to be on Saturday night, when August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone officially opened on Broadway. Directed by Golden Globe Award, four-time Emmy Awa…
The celebration of the revival of August Wilson's play took place April 25 at the Barrymore Theatre.
August Wilson is back on Broadway! Just yesterday, Joe Turner's Come and Gone celebrated opening night at the Barrymore Theatre. Directed by Golden Globe Award, four-time Emmy Award winner a…
Becky Shaw and Fallen Angels are other revivals to keep an eye on in that crowded Tony field.
Set in Pittsburgh in 1911 during a pivotal era of migration and transformation, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone centers on Seth and Bertha Holly (Cedric and Henson) who run a warm, orderly boar…
Contemplative in tone, it is certainly one of Wilson’s quieter works. Yet the play probably shouldn’t feel like an extended chill-out session, as it frequently does in Debbie Allen’s n…
Regardless, there’s plenty here to ensure that audiences will recognize the preeminence of Wilson’s writing, even without flawless execution of the play’s slow-burn tension. Cedric and…
There are many wonderful exchanges as these seekers clash and sometimes connect. Even the small talk feels epic, and it all leads up to a searing climax that I recalled vividly from the last…
In director Debbie Allen’s sturdy production of August Wilson’s intense and lyrical play, Cedric The Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson portray the stable long-time married couple Seth and…