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UpdatedSun, Feb 28, 2021 at 3:16 pm CT Reply Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed "The Trial of Chicago 7," filmed partially in the city in fall 2019. (Niko Tavernise/NETFLIX © 2020) CHICAGO (Feb. 28, 2021) — The Golden Globes will stream live coast-to-coast Sunday night to name the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's picks for best film and television of the season. Two of the night's major nominees are set in Chicago: Aaron Sorkin's tightly-written and timely "The Trial of the Chicago 7" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," the final performance of venerated actor Chadwick Boseman, who died of ...

There are few living talents who could be viewed as much of a New York theater institution as George C. Wolfe, the two-time Tony-winning director whose overall grasp of the arts is such that he speaks in cascades of enthusiasm and insight that he can barely contain. But if you want to get his goat, just ask him about opening up a celebrated play for the big screen, such as he did with August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” in which Viola Davis plays the title role. “I would like to take the words ‘open’ and ‘up’ and stomp them,” Wolfe says. “You can’t think about...

Celebrating Chadwick Boseman in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"

Directed by George C. Wolfe. Starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Jeremy Shamos, Taylour Paige, Jonny Coyne, Michael Potts, and Dusan Brown. SYNOPSIS: It is 1927 and tensions are running high between Blues singer Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) and Levee her ambitiously outspoken trumpet player (Chadwick Boseman). As the recording session continues and her management team attempt to intercede things go from bad to worse. This second entry in the August Wilson Century Cycle adaptations might be jam packed with performances, brimming over with jazz band pizazz and more...

  TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The latest Netflix adaptation of one of Pittsburgh native August Wilson’s plays, the filmed-in-Pittsburgh “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” stars Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman in a period piece that feels relevant and timely. An almost unrecognizable Davis, jettisoning any semblance of vanity, stars as Ma Rainey, a real historical figure and one of the earliest African-American blues singers to record her performances in the 1920s. Wilson’s 1982 play — it...