The late playwright August Wilson set his critically acclaimed plays in a Pittsburgh neighborhood known as the Hill District. Wilson's nephew, Paul Ellis Jr., offers a commentary about why he's ...

This Feb. 17, 2017 photo shows a colorful mural in the Hill District of Pittsburgh honoring playwright August Wilson and his work. The Hill District offers a rich map of places and stories ...

August Wilson Place is a 57-unit apartment project at 204 111th Ave. N.E. in Bellevue, named for the Pulitzer Prize winning African-American playwright. The units are studios, studio-plus, two ...

It wasn’t easy for Frederick August Kittel Jr., a high school dropout from Pittsburgh's Hill District, to transform himself into August Wilson, the venerable playwright whose 10-play cycle ...

Laurence Glasco, co-author of August Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays, talked about the role of Pittsburgh’s Hill District in the life and work of playwright August Wilson. The ...

August Wilson 'S FENCES is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc and was originally produced on Broadway by Carole Shorenstein Hays, in association with Yale Repertory Theatre.

But August Wilson has clearly, clearly, without a doubt, earned his place at the artistic table. He - for 23 years, he wrote, what, 10 plays. What other American has written 10 brilliant plays?

August Wilson, who chronicled the African-American experience in the 20th century in a series of plays that will stand as a landmark in the history of black culture, of American literature and of ...