By Nyame-Kye KondoSpecial to the AFRO “Everybody’s got to travel,” says Doaker, played by actor Jefferson A. Russell in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” at Everyman Theatre. “If you stay in one place, you get stuck with the same thing.” Transience is a common theme in Wilson’s work, and although the setting in “The Piano […]
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‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ in final weekend at Chesapeake Shakespeare Theatre
Chesapeake Shakespeare Theatre’s production of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” is a powerful exploration of spirit, transcendence, and the human ties that bind, directed by KenYatta Rogers and featuring the work of August Wilson.