No weddings and a funeral, August Wilson’s Seven Guitars (★★★☆☆) sets its characters up for joyous triumphs and windfalls that appear destined from the get-go never to see the light of day. To that ...
You leave an August Wilson play feeling more alive, more human. The Ensemble Theatre's vibrant and accomplished production of Seven Guitars typifies the experience, continuing the company's invaluable ...
No Rules Theatre Co. opens their new season with “Seven Guitars” written by August Wilson and directed by Tony Award nominated actress Michele Shay, Sept. 10-28, at Signature Theatre. Set in ...
The actors march onto the stark stage in silence. They turn and face the audience and still don’t say anything, not until all have taken their positions. Then August Wilson’s language — incantatory ...
The dreams are big but the obstacles always seem a little bigger in “Seven Guitars,” the August Wilson drama that just opened in a potent, sharply acted revival at Cygnet Theatre. And while the play ...
To his delight, Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton gets out of the workhouse to learn the blues song he recorded is a hit. But in August Wilson's "Seven Guitars," Barton doesn't seem to realize that he's living ...
Without being showy, the transition packs a punch. About halfway through No Rules Theatre Company’s absorbing production of August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars,” a rapt attentiveness descends on an urban ...
Chattanooga Theatre Centre continues its 100th Season with the upcoming production of August Wilson's acclaimed play, Seven Guitars, set to open in the Circle Theatre on Friday, Feb. 2, and run ...
Music and musicality run through the works of August Wilson like a sweet and impenetrable blues lick. The playwright was not, to this critic's knowledge, a musical man himself, but the men and women ...
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Seven Guitars: Drama. By August Wilson. Directed by Kent Gash. Through Sept. 4. Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. Two hours, 50 minutes. $20-$55. (415) 388-5208.www.marintheatre.org ...
Complete casting has been announced for the Signature Theatre Company mounting of August Wilson's Seven Guitars. The production will feature Kevin Carroll as Canewell, Cassandra Freeman as Ruby, ...