It is August in Pittsburgh, 1911... From the deep and near South the sons and daughters of newly freed African slaves wander into the city. Isolated, cut off from memory, having forgotten the names of the gods and only guessing at their faces, they arrive dazed and stunned, their hearts kicking in their chests with a song worth singing. "From August Wilson's introduction to the text of Joe Turner's Come and Gone In …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM on April 10, 2026