When I saw August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" 21 years ago, I thought, Wow. That's his best yet. After seeing Lincoln Center Theater's loving revival, I thought, Damn. That's his b…
Now we have a majestic revival of "Joe Turner's Come and Gone", and the main man behind the scenes is white director Bartlett Sher. Would Wilson approve?
August Wilson's gift for storytelling has rarely been more beguiling than in this lyrical 1986 drama, and in his searing revival, director Bartlett Sher makes every note strong and true.
With an August Wilson play such as the excellent revival of "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" that opened Thursday night at the Belasco Theater, you have to go with the flow.
A splendid ensemble, under the direction of Bartlett Sher, graces this stunning Broadway revival of the play that first appeared on Broadway 21 years ago
How good it is to finally have this shimmering, sprawling, haunting work back on Broadway, even if the Lincoln Center Theater's fine production, directed by Bartlett Sher, doesn't have all t…
As he did with his 2006 LCT revival of Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing!, Sher relies too much on his own pet tricks to present a story that's more than capable of telling itself. And, as with that production, he doesn't so much illuminate long-camouflaged truths as he does obscure points that have always been crystal clear.
"Joe Turner's Come and Gone," directed with a sure hand and a winning coach's eye for team building by Terrence Spivey, is as skillfully rendered and solid as the oak trim around t…
