Topic: August Wilson

Theater for the 99%

Bucking a trend, new Gehry-designed Signature Theatre Center is selling cheap seats to top-class plays.

Tony Awards: Sean Hayes calls Tonys "World Cup of Show tunes"

Tony Awards: "Welcome to the Tonys," said host Sean Hayes when it began — "the World Cup of show tunes."

Horton Foote: The playwright's 'Odyssey' for modern times

Epic nine-hour 'The Orphan's Home Cycle,' opening in New York, explores how people face adversity and the elusive search for home.

Obamas head to New York - no aerial tour of Statue of Liberty planned

Homeless people act out realities of life on stage

The Seldom Seen Actors perform plays with a mission - saving others from addictions and a life on the street that they’ve faced themselves.

If you're white, can you write about Africa?

Penumbra Theatre founder defines American black stage

Lou Bellamy's vision is that everything is performed as if there were only black people in the audience.

Penumbra Theatre founder defines American black stage

Lou Bellamy's vision is that everything is performed as if there were only black people in the audience.

In pursuit of a higher form of freedom

James McBride’s new novel tells of a runaway slave who encounters slavery in many different forms.

In 'Song Yet Sung,' the pursuit of a higher form of freedom

James McBride's new novel tells of a runaway slave who encounters slavery in many different forms.