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The Theatre Communications Group event will honor The Piano Lesson 's Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson.

WQED Multimedia President/CEO Deborah Acklin has announced she is stepping down following a diagnosis of non-smoker's lung cancer. Acklin has led the Pittsburgh PBS and Classical 89.3 WQED-FM combo since 2010 after serving as Executive Vice President from 2002 to 2009. She also previously worked at the group as an Executive Producer from 1997 to

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Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Writer/producer/director Rick Sebak’s latest installment in WQED-TV’s “Pittsburgh History Series” revisits a 32-year-old interview with the late Pittsburgh native and playwright August Wilson. Premiering at 8 p.m. Thursday on WQED, “Brain Space & Energy: My

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PBS’s Independent Lens to Premiere Mr. SOUL!Bringing America’s First Black Variety Show Back to Public TelevisionDocumentary Illuminates Groundbreaking Show SOUL! and Its Trailblazing Producer

Milwaukee Rep’s ‘Celebration of Black History Month’ Image via Milwaukee Rep Every February, we celebrate Black History Month to recognize the achievements  and contributions of Black people as well as work toward understanding the effects of racism. The Milwaukee Repertory Theater is presenting “We Rise: MKE’s Celebration of Black History Month” with four, free virtual events that honor the contributions made by Black artists to American theater.  â€...

The Atlantic Two new Netflix films, Giving Voice, honor the late playwright’s rejection of white commercial restrictions. December 22, 2020 “Do we assimilate into American society and thereby lose our culture, or do we maintain our culture separate from the dominant cultural values?" — August WilsonTom Sweeney / Minneapolis Star Tribune / ZUMA Press / Alamy It’s a glorious moment for devotees of the late, great playwright August Wilson, even with many theaters closed. Netflix has two n...