Radio Golf Broadway Show is not Just an Entertainer

An ambitious lawyer and the inheritor of realManagement Group, Wonder City, Georgia
estate property, Harmond Wilks, has the dreamFontiere/Open Pictures, Inc. /Townsend League,
of redeveloping African American Hill District inGordon Davidson, and Jack Viertel.
Pittsburgh. He wants to convert the neighborhoodDavid Gallo, Tony Award winner, has created the
that's in shambles into a sophisticated area with asets; Susan Hiferty, who is also a Tony Award
high rise building and a chain of stores. He teamswinner, has designed the costumes; Donald Holder,
up with his friend Roosevelt Hicks, who hasagain a Tony Award winner, has done the lighting
recently been appointed as the vice president ofarrangements; and Dan Moses Schreier has given
Mellon Bank. Both plan a redevelopment project.the sound effects for the play.
During this time, Wilks decides to stand as a"Radio Golf" has humor; it has thrill and suspense;
candidate for the post of the Mayor of Pittsburgh.it shows the ambition of a person and how one's
But, when some dark secrets are revealed frompast can create a conflict in one's present life.
an old mansion at Wylie, Harmond's dreams ofIt is not just any other Broadway show, but a
redevelopment and becoming a Mayor get hitpart of Wilson's research in the African American
badly. Will he be able to become the first blackculture. It gives a reflection of the 20th century
mayor of Pittsburgh? Will he be able to transformand also tells about how fleets of ship loaded with
his neighborhood? Or will his black past shatter hisAfrican slaves used to dock at Virginia.
dreams and haunt him forever?"Radio Golf" was premiered at Yale Repertory
"Radio Golf" is all about community development.Theater in 2005. Thereafter, it was shown at the
It's a story that reminds you about theWest Coast in Los Angeles, California by Mark
responsibility of each citizen towards hisTaper Forum. The show was produced in October
community. August Wilson, in his play, wants to2006 by the Huntington Theater Company
tell his audience that transformation ofsituated in Boston. It was again produced in 2007
neighborhood can be achieved only whenby McCarter Theater. On May 8, 2007, "Radio
someone cares enough to take the initiative to doGolf" was presented as a Broadway show in New
something about it. Once someone starts, othersYork's Cort Theater.
will follow.The show is a must-see, as it not only entertains,
"Radio Golf" is the last sequence of Wilson'sbut also sends a message across the people that
10-play cycle, which he wrote after every decade.community will always remain at the top of the
August Wilson has won the Pulitzer Prize and hasdevelopment agenda.
a deep insight into African American lifestyle.So, book your tickets now itself, either online, or
"Radio Golf" is produced by Margo Lion, Jujamcynon phone, or at the box office and have a taste
Theaters, Jeffrey Richards/Jerry Frankel, Franof African American culture.
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