MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Opens 9/3 at Shadow Theatre Company

Shadow Theatre Company, under Executive Artistic Director Keith L. Hatten announce the opening of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, which will be directed by Hugo Jon Sayles. Performances will run September 3 - October 17, 2009. (more...)

American Stage Theatre Company Names Angela Bassett Honorary Chair For Their August Wilson Century Cycle Consortium

American Stage Theatre Company recently announced that famous Hollywood actress and St. Petersburg native, Angela Bassett, has been named the theatre's honorary chair for their August Wilson Century Cycle Consortium. (more...)

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Runs Thru 10/17 at Shadow Theatre Company

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, is currently running at Shadow Theatre Company, under Executive Artistic Director Keith L. Hatten. The show is directed by Hugo Jon Sayles. Performances run through October 17, 2009. (more...)

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Runs 9/17-10/18 At Court Street Theatre

Court Theatre opens its 55th season with August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson. The production will run September 17 - October 18, 2009 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. (more...)

Court Theatre Opens 55th Season With MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM 9/17-10/18

Court Theatre kicks off its 2009-10 season with August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson. The production will run September 17 - October 18, 2009 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. The press opening will be Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. (more...)

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Opens 9/3 at Shadow Theatre Company

Shadow Theatre Company, under Executive Artistic Director Keith L. Hatten announce the opening of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, which will be directed by Hugo Jon Sayles. Performances will run September 3 - October 17, 2009. (more...)

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Runs Thru 10/17 at Shadow Theatre Company

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, is currently running at Shadow Theatre Company, under Executive Artistic Director Keith L. Hatten. The show is directed by Hugo Jon Sayles. Performances run through October 17, 2009. (more...)

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Runs 9/17-10/18 At Court Street Theatre

Court Theatre opens its 55th season with August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson. The production will run September 17 - October 18, 2009 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. (more...)

Court Theatre Opens 55th Season With MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM 9/17-10/18

Court Theatre kicks off its 2009-10 season with August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson. The production will run September 17 - October 18, 2009 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue. The press opening will be Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. (more...)

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Runs Thru 10/17 at Shadow Theatre Company

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, is currently running at Shadow Theatre Company, under Executive Artistic Director Keith L. Hatten. The show is directed by Hugo Jon Sayles. Performances run through October 17, 2009. (more...)

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Runs Thru 10/17 at Shadow Theatre Company

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, is currently running at Shadow Theatre Company, under Executive Artistic Director Keith L. Hatten. The show is directed by Hugo Jon Sayles. Performances run through October 17, 2009. (more...)

BWW Reviews: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at Center Stage

August Wilson's classic funny yet dark play features a terrific cast. (more...)

Photo Flash: Leon's True Colors Theater Co.'s August Wilson Monologue Competition

Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company and Jujamcyn Theaters presented the fourth annual August Wilson Monologue Competition National finals Monday, May 3 at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre (245 W. 52nd Street). The finals featured performances of monologues from August Wilson's Century Cycle by twelve regional finalists from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Chicago and New York. The evening also included performances by Blues musician Guy Davis (Finian's Rainbow), Chris Chalk (Fences), LaTanya Richardson (Joe Turner's Come and Gone), Keith Randolph Smith (Fences, King Hedley II), Heather Alicia Simms (Gem of the Ocean, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) and Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Gem of the Ocean, Tony Award winner for Seven Guitars). The competition was judged by celebrity judges playwright Regina Taylor (Crowns and Drowning Crow), costume designer Constanza Romero (Fences, Gem of the Ocean, Seven Guitars, The Piano Lesson), and actors Russell Hornsby (Fences, Jitney), Mykelti Williamson (Fences, 'Forrest Gump,' '24') and Phylicia Rashad. (more...)

Grand Theatre Hosts Free Reading Of MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, 2/8

Grand Theatre hosts a Free Reading of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson (more...)

BroadwayWorld.com's On This Day - February 6, 2010

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 6 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)

Grand Theatre Hosts Free Reading Of MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM

Grand Theatre hosts a Free Reading of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson (more...)

Young Vic Theatre Presents JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE May 27- July 3

August Wilson's masterpiece receives its first major London revival at the Young Vic. Delroy Lindo (The Cider House Rules, Malcolm X, Get Shorty) leads a stellar cast including Adjoa Andoh, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Petra Letang and Danny Sapani for David Lan's new production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone by the two time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose work includes Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and The Piano Lesson. (more...)

PTC Presents MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM 5/21-6/13

Philadelphia Theatre Company concludes its 2009-2010 season with August Wilson's masterpiece and first Broadway success Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on May 21-June 13. (more...)

Lindo Leads Young Vic Revival of JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE; Opens May 27

August Wilson's masterpiece receives its first major London revival at the Young Vic. Delroy Lindo (The Cider House Rules, Malcolm X, Get Shorty) leads a stellar cast including Adjoa Andoh, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Petra Letang and Danny Sapani for David Lan's new production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone by the two time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose work includes Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and The Piano Lesson. (more...)

Arizona Theatre Company Announces New Season with TEN CHIMNEYS, MA RAINEY, IRMA VEP, ROMEO AND JULIET & More

Arizona Theatre Company creates the most thrilling professional theatre in the Southwest in 2010-2011, with electric moments of pure beauty, magic and deeply felt emotion in a mix of comedy, drama, classics and musicals. The new season opens with the Southwest premiere of the musical BACKWARDS IN HIGH HEELS, about the journey of Hollywood goddess Ginger Rogers; followed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, directed by Lou Bellamy and starring renowned recording artist Jevetta Steele as Ma Rainey. ATC's new season follows with the Arizona premiere of WOODY GUTHRIE'S AMERICAN SONG, directed by ATC favorite Randal Myler, followed by the world premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher's TEN CHIMNEYS set at the legendary summer estate of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play LOST IN YONKERS continues ATC's AMERICA PLAYS! Celebrating Great American Stories initiative for a fourth season; and a twelfth anniversary revival of audience favorite, THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP, with the original ATC cast and designs. The 2010-2011 season also includes a limited engagement presentation of The Acting Company and Guthrie Theater's production of ROMEO AND JULIET. (more...)

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