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"You don't write dialogue. You listen."
Two-time Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright August Wilson reflects on his 10-play cycle, which documents Black lives over the decades throughout the 20th century in America. The 10 plays are also known as the Century Cycle. Nine of them are set in Pittsburgh's Hill District.
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This 2002 episode is from "EGG, the Arts Show," THIRTEEN’s early 2000’s arts and culture series that celebrated art's power to move us, inspire us, and to challenge our perspective on who or what we are.
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"You don't write dialogue. You listen."
Two-time Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright August Wilson reflects on his 10-play cycle, which documents Black lives over the decades throughout the 20th century in America. The 10 plays are also known as the Century Cycle. Nine of them are set in Pittsburgh's Hill District.
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The WNET Group presents Broadway and Beyond, a special collection of Broadway and arts programming, and archival selections from the THIRTEEN Vault, premiering in May and June.
This 2002 episode is from "EGG, the Arts Show," THIRTEEN’s early 2000’s arts and culture series that celebrated art's power to move us, inspire us, and to challenge our perspective on who or what we are.
#AugustWilson #Broadway #THIRTEEN #WNET #TheaterHistory #Playwriting #Broadway #OffBroadway
Please SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed: youtube.com/@ThirteenWNET?sub_confirmation=1
For full episodes, check out thirteen.org
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THIRTEEN is one of America’s most respected and innovative public media providers. Part of The WNET Group, THIRTEEN is a unique cultural and educational institution that harnesses the power of television and electronic media to inform, enlighten, entertain and inspire. The flagship public television station of the New York City tri-state area and the most-watched public television channel in the nation, THIRTEEN reaches millions of people with programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites people of all ages to have fun while learning.
