http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/09/august-wilson-plays-the-blues/ Poetics in Live Performance Wed, 16 May 2012 18:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/09/august-wilson-plays-the-blues/#comment-1227 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:13:16 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/august-wilson-plays-the-blues/#comment-1227 [...] casting meme around and argue that Nazi Skinheads should be cast in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — there would be outrage in the aisles! — but that’s the idea of non-traditional [...]

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/09/august-wilson-plays-the-blues/#comment-470 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:34:26 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/august-wilson-plays-the-blues/#comment-470 We lost August Wilson much too soon, Gordon. We miss his mind and his spirit of innovation. He led a whole new Golden Age of the Playwright.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/09/august-wilson-plays-the-blues/#comment-469 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:27:00 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/august-wilson-plays-the-blues/#comment-469 That’s real brilliance, David. Show the essence without any unneeded material. We should all strive to be that great.

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