Contemplative in tone, it is certainly one of Wilson’s quieter works. Yet the play probably shouldn’t feel like an extended chill-out session, as it frequently does in Debbie Allen’s n…
Regardless, there’s plenty here to ensure that audiences will recognize the preeminence of Wilson’s writing, even without flawless execution of the play’s slow-burn tension. Cedric and…
There are many wonderful exchanges as these seekers clash and sometimes connect. Even the small talk feels epic, and it all leads up to a searing climax that I recalled vividly from the last…
In director Debbie Allen’s sturdy production of August Wilson’s intense and lyrical play, Cedric The Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson portray the stable long-time married couple Seth and…
Joe Turner was real. Brother of the Tennessee Governor, he would swoop down on Black men in the early 1900s – gambling, preaching, just walking down the road – and keep them enslaved on …
★★★★☆ Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson star in Debbie Allen's revival of August Wilson's modern classic.
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Ethel Barrymore theatre, New YorkDebbie Allen’s revival of the 1984 drama boasts a compelling cast, led by Taraji P Henson and Cedric the Entertainer, but too many notes are offEarlier thi…
Rare is the Broadway season that hasn’t been bettered by an August Wilson revival, and this very busy spring is no exception. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, lovingly and astutely directed b…
Nearly 40 years after its debut, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” has returned to Broadway. The second installment in legendary playwright August Wilson’s “The Century Cycle,” “Joe…
Theatrely's Broadway review of Joe Turner's Come And Gone by August Willson and starring Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City.
August Wilson is arguably the greatest American playwright of the last century. In a remarkable career, particularly the 10-play saga set in each decade of the 20th century, he chronicled th…
★★★☆☆ Debbie Allen directs a decidedly earthbound revival of August Wilson’s most mystical play
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