August Wilson Archive | University of Pittsburgh Library System
The University Library System (ULS) at the University of Pittsburgh has acquired the archive of the late playwright and Pittsburgh native son August Wilson, best known for his unprecedented American Century Cycle —ten plays that convey the Black experience in each decade of …
August Wilson’s Unlikely Odyssey - The Atlantic
2023年8月15日 · Wilson embarked on playwriting during the Black Arts movement of 1965–75, when poetic performance art emerged as a signature form of expression, an important precursor to hip-hop. He joined in...
August Wilson | AP News
2021年8月3日 · The American Film Institute on Monday announced its top 10 films of the year, including Pixar’s jazz themed “Soul” and two of Chadwick Boseman’s final films: the August Wilson adaptation “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and Spike Lee’s Vietnam drama “Da 5 Bloods,” both of which are Netflix films.
The Playwright Who Changed the Face of American Theater
2023年8月3日 · The story of that summer is recounted here in this excerpt from “August Wilson: A Life,” an upcoming biography by Patti Hartigan, a former theater critic for The Boston Globe.
Denzel Washington Reveals Next August Wilson Adaptation
2024年9月11日 · In a new interview, producers Denzel Washington and Todd Black shed some light on their ambitions to adapt the whole of Wilson's American Century Cycle.
Teaching these August Wilson plays transformed my classroom
2 天之前 · A new film adaptation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” heads to Netflix. Wilson’s plays transformed my classroom.
August Wilson's life and plays explored in immersive new exhibit - NPR
2022年4月17日 · In 1965, at age 20, Wilson adopted his mother's maiden name and declared himself a poet. The newly minted "August Wilson" had moved back to a Hill District devastated by city redevelopment...
August Wilson’s niece highlights his life, film adaptation of 'The ...
2024年10月3日 · The latest adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson’s work, “The Piano Lesson,” will hit theaters on Nov. 8.
August Wilson: Credits, Bio, News & More | Broadway World
2005年10月2日 · August Wilson was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of ten plays collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle,...
Denzel Washington Honors August Wilson’s Legacy at House …
2022年8月14日 · PITTSBURGH — On Saturday, crowds gathered outside August Wilson’s childhood home in the historic Hill District here to celebrate the grand opening of the August Wilson House.
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