Williams, Sydney Charles and Sharif Atkins Photo by Liz LaurenĪll of the action was set in the Hill District living room of 1839 Wylie Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Director Chuck Smith expertly wove the threads of Wilson’s words and a remarkable ensemble of actors into a winning tapestry of redemption, revelation and heartbreak.Ī.C. Be forewarned, being an August Wilson play, there was some raw language, but for those familiar with his work, that’s to be expected. This timeline included Gem of the Ocean set in 1904, the roaring twenties of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Tony Award-winner Fences set in the 1957, the turbulent sixties reflected in Two Trains Running and King Headley II unfolding in 1985. Two of which became Pulitzer Prize-Award winners. He championed Black performers, speaking in Black voices, produced by Black creative teams and lead that cherished philosophy to both creative and commercial success. Of note, the Goodman Theatre has produced all 10 works in Wilson’s “Century Cycle,” a series of interconnected plays chronicling the Black experience in America. For those not in the know, August Wilson was a Pittsburgh-born playwright who outspokenly understood the importance of race in artistry decades before it became in vogue. Ocean marked the first time in the theatre’s history that the Goodman has revisited one of Wilson’s works that had previously premiered there.
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