August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
#1August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 7/21/13 at 12:49pm
A friend clued me into this, and I'm posting this because I don't think it's gotten much press. These are staged readings, done for the purpose of recording all 10 plays. But I'm excited because they're doing The Piano Lesson with much of the cast from the recent Signature production, which I loved (like many people). I'm really excited to experience it again, especially the singing! (I hope it's the same or similar.) Chuck Cooper is a really busy guy, but he's reprising his role in this, also Rosalind Ruff and the Darden brothers. The director is Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Tickets are only $40, and I think each play is one night only. Here's the link for more info, and if anyone can shed some light on this, I would be appreciative! I wish I could see Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and some of the others, but the times don't work for me.
http://www.thegreenespace.org/articles/thegreenespace/2013/jul/01/august-wilsons-american-century-cycle/
Here is a story from the Wall Street Journal online:
http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130701-905899.html
Updated On: 7/21/13 at 12:49 PM
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#2August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 8/28/13 at 8:18pm
So nobody is listening to August Wilson's Fences? If you love great plays you should be listening to the these recordings.
http://www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2013/aug/28/august-wilsons-american-century-cycle-fences/?utm_source=local&utm_media=treatment&utm_campaign=carousel&utm_content=item0
lovesclassics
Broadway Star Joined: 10/7/05
#2August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 8/28/13 at 8:22pm
They're also being streamed live. I'm watching FENCES right now.
Saw MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM on Monday.
So far the readings are fabulous!
Live Stream Link
#3August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 8/28/13 at 8:46pm
See all the plays. And make sure and check out the Talk Series as part of it too.
www.thegreenespace.org
#4August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 8/28/13 at 8:51pm
We talked about this earlier in another thead, but it's worth noting that all the performances are sold out!!! If anyone has any tickets they'd like to part with I'd gladly purchase them. Watching Fences right now, kind of upset I missed Monday's stream of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
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Updated On: 8/28/13 at 08:51 PM
#5August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 8/29/13 at 10:32am
In the link below, the schedule at The Greene Space, a list of August Wilson's plays organized by when he wrote them, and another by the year in which the plays are set; pictures of the opening, and a video in which artistic director Ruben Santiago-Hudson and several performers explain their love for Wilson's work.
August Wilson’s American Century Cycle Project begins at WNYC!
heytravistravis
Chorus Member Joined: 9/17/12
#6August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 9/2/13 at 6:41pmDoes anyone know where these will be available to watch after they stream?
#7August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 9/2/13 at 9:12pmI do not think they are available to watch after the love stream ends. They are staged readings, so there isn't much to see. I believe the audio recordings are being commercially released at some point in the future.
#8August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 9/2/13 at 9:35pmI explain that in my story, actually. They will be given to public radio stations sometime around January to broadcast as radio dramas. It's not clear what other plans they have for it. But my understanding is this is all non-profit, not commercial.
DressedInYourPajamas
Understudy Joined: 7/7/12
#9August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 9/4/13 at 5:55pmJoe Turner's Come and Gone is tonight. Who else is tuning in? Are these staged at all? Or are the actors just sitting around reading?
#10August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 9/4/13 at 6:22pmI briefly tuned in to the stream last week, and the actors were sitting with music stands and reading from the scripts. But, of course, they were "acting" as much as possible.
#11August Wilson's American Century Cycle at the Greene Space
Posted: 9/9/13 at 5:14pm
Just a reminder for anyone who's interested, The Piano Lesson will be streamed tonight starting at 7 p.m. Here's some more info:
http://www.thegreenespace.org/events/thegreenespace/2013/sep/09/august-wilson-american-century-cycle-piano-lesson/
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