August Wilson News

Tom Viertel, who has been a member of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center board for nearly three decades and its Chairman since 2000, will step down from his role at the end of the O'Neill's 2024 season in August. Learn more.

Center Theatre Group has revealed its 2024 CTG Leadership Circle Cohort, featuring five staff members to participate in this annual career development program. Learn more about the staff members!

 Voices Festival Productions presents a world premiere double-bill that looks at how women of color rise to power, its precarity, and what must be sacrificed in the name of change.

Dan Landon was a Broadway theatre manager for nearly 40 years, working on more than 9000 performances of 50 shows. He has written his memoir, From the Back of the House, which will be published by Ibis Books on June 13, 2024.

The 18th Annual Monologue and Design Competition of the August Wilson New Voices program culminated in a night of celebration as thirteen student finalists from across the nation captivated audiences with their performances and designs inspired by the timeless works of August Wilson.

Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival will return to the Cultural District, September 19 – 22, 2024 featuring a Free celebration along Liberty Avenue, between 10th and 7th Streets.

Join the Center for Fiction and Theatre Communications Group for Story/Teller Arts: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins with Jocelyn Bioh.

Additional production photos have been released for CABARET at the Kit Kat Club, as Cara Delevingne and Luke Treadaway enter their last five weeks as Sally Bowles and The Emcee, respectively.

MiMi Scardulla, who is currently playing Texas in Cabaret, took to Instagram to announce her engagement to partner Skylar Soehner. She revealed that Soehner proposed following the April 18 performance of Cabaret, which is also Scardulla's 30th birthday.

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Watch a montage from August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, extended at the Goodman Theatre through May 19.

Eddie Redmayne joined Live with Kelly and Mark on Thursday to discuss his role in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, which just opened on Broadway. Having previously played the role of the Emcee in London, Redmayne highlighted the difference between American and British audiences and his character to the show. Watch the interview here!

Under the meticulous direction of Chuck Smith, the Goodman’s newest revival of JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE emphasizes the play’s continued relevance through masterful performances that find cause for celebration and laughter even in the face of oppression. The production has already been extended through May 19 due to popular demand.

Alley Theatre will host a staged reading of August Wilson’s Radio Golf in collaboration with the Freedmen’s Town Museums of Rutherford B. H. Yates Museum, Inc. and The Ensemble Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Kit Kat Club has taken over the August Wilson Theatre and in this video, watch as the cast and creative team explain how they brought the exciting new revival to life for Broadway.

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Acclaimed theater company A Noise Within has announced six-plays for 2024-25 — a family-friendly modern classic; a play from August Wilson's “American Century Cycle”; a holiday show; a Shakespeare; a new adaptation; and a musical — each of which exhibits “True Grit.”

Tonight, longtime August Wilson interpreter Chuck Smith’s major revival of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone opens—and extends its run. Learn how to purchase tickets !

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 25, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Trinity Repertory Company has unveiled its 61st season. Learn how to purchase tickets!