The new musical ‘Shantytown’ is now scheduled to open on March 17 at Madison Arts Center. The following story about the construction of the venue has been updated to reflect the postponements and new dates. By JAMES PAUL, Pittsburgh Magazine… Read More ›
‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ added as the season’s August Wilson play The new musical Shantytown. The Ballad of Fr. James Cox by Ray Werner marks a new era for Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company in its new home in the… Read More ›
By Sharon Eberson Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company plans to inaugurate the company’s new Hill District venue with a five-play 2023 season, founder and producing artistic director Mark Clayton Southers announced on Facebook. The company’s 20th anniversary schedule will include the… Read More ›
By Sharon Eberson With fanfare befitting the momentous occasion, Denzel Washington came and went, and the August Wilson House was opened for business. Emotions were high Saturday as the sun beat down on a large gathering at 1727 Bedford Ave.,… Read More ›
Luminaries celebrating the long-anticipated grand opening of the August Wilson House on Saturday, Aug. 13, will include Denzel Washington, during a day of events that begins with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Two-time Oscar-winner Washington will join Constanza Romero Wilson, widow of… Read More ›
By SHARON EBERSON The wait is over, and it was worth it. August Wilson: A Writer’s Landscape is every bit the legacy exhibition that the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and his hometown deserves and that the building that bears his name… Read More ›
