![]() ![]() Wilson’s sister Freda Ellis, his widow and costume designer Constanza Romero, as well as friends, colleagues and scholars trace Wilson’s influences, creative evolution, triumphs, struggles and quest for cultural determinism before his untimely death from liver cancer.Īugust Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand premiered on American Masters on PBS in February 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Wilson’s birth, the 10th anniversary of his death and Black History Month. ![]() Film and theater luminaries including Viola Davis, Charles Dutton, Laurence Fishburne, James Earl Jones, Suzan-Lori Parks, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Phylicia Rashad share their stories of the career- and life-changing experience of bringing Wilson’s rich theatrical voice to the stage. To best appreciate the playwright’s body of work and own life, watch August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand, or tune in on Janufor the national rebroadcast on PBS. His play Jitney (1979), directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, premieres on Broadway in January and opens in previews on December 28. Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences (1984) gets its Hollywood film treatment on Christmas day, with stars Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. ![]() Two works from August Wilson’s 10-play cycle are making a big comeback within days of each other in late December. ![]()
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