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Lynn Cohen and Roger Robinson Win 2009 Richard Seff Awards

NEWS May 13, 2009 | 12:02PM

Lynn Cohen and Roger Robinson have won the 2009 Richard Seff Awards, presented by Actors’ Equity Foundation to “honor a female and male character actor, 50 years of age or older, for the best performance in a supporting role in a Broadway or off-Broadway production.” They will receive $1,000 and a crystal trophy at a June 9 ceremony during ... Read More...

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

FRESH FACE April 23, 2009 | 9:28AM

Age: 59

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

Currently: Starring as Bertha Holly, the down-to-earth proprietor and expert biscuit maker at a circa-1911 Pittsburgh boarding house in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.

Papp Protege: Jackson’s “Fresh Face” status comes from making a long-awaited Broadway debut after almost two decades away from the stage more on that later, but ...

LCT Plans August Wilson Symposium, 'Joe Turner to the Age of Obama'

NEWS April 13, 2009 | 4:22PM

In conjunction with its Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come And Gone, Lincoln Center Theater will host a free symposium, “August Wilson’s Century: From the World of Joe Turner to the Age of Obama,” on April 27 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. LCT’s production of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is scheduled to ... Read More...

The Second Coming (on Broadway) of August Wilson's Joe Turner

BACKSTORY March 24, 2009 | 6:03PM

Any Broadway season that features a play by August Wilson is a good season, particularly when it’s a revival of Wilson’s sentimental favorite of the 10 works in his masterful Century Cycle, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Though it nabbed six 1988 Tony nominations and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Joe Turner is less well ... Read More...

Tickets On Sale for August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

NEWS March 2, 2009 | 12:01PM

Tickets are now on sale for the revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Directed by Bartlett Sher, the play begins performances at the Belasco Theatre on March 19. Opening night is set for April 16.

Part of Wilson’s 10-play cycle depicting the African-American experience in each decade of the 20th century, Joe Turner’s ...

Casting Set for Broadway Revival of Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

NEWS February 11, 2009 | 4:35PM

Casting has been set for Lincoln Center Theater’s forthcoming Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. The play will begin previews at the Belasco Theatre on March 19 and open on April 16, directed by Bartlett Sher.

The cast will include Marsha Stephanie Blake The Crucible, Chad L. Coleman Two Trains Running, Michael Cummings ...

Broadway Revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone Books the Belasco

NEWS December 29, 2008 | 9:46AM

Lincoln Center Theater's forthcoming Broadway revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone has been booked into the Belasco Theatre. Previews will begin March 19, with opening night set for April 16, directed by Bartlett Sher. Casting and design team members have not been announced.

Set in 1911, Joe Turner's Come and Gone is part ...

Sher to Direct Broadway Revival of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

NEWS December 1, 2008 | 3:21PM

Lincoln Center will present a new production of August Wilson’s award-winning play Joe Turner’s Come And Gone this spring. Previews are scheduled to begin on March 19 with an opening night scheduled for April 16 at a Broadway theater to be determined. Bartlett Sher will direct. The cast and creative team for the production will be announced at ...