| An ambitious lawyer and the inheritor of real | | | | Management Group, Wonder City, Georgia |
| estate property, Harmond Wilks, has the dream | | | | Fontiere/Open Pictures, Inc. /Townsend League, |
| of redeveloping African American Hill District in | | | | Gordon Davidson, and Jack Viertel. |
| Pittsburgh. He wants to convert the neighborhood | | | | David Gallo, Tony Award winner, has created the |
| that's in shambles into a sophisticated area with a | | | | sets; Susan Hiferty, who is also a Tony Award |
| high rise building and a chain of stores. He teams | | | | winner, has designed the costumes; Donald Holder, |
| up with his friend Roosevelt Hicks, who has | | | | again a Tony Award winner, has done the lighting |
| recently been appointed as the vice president of | | | | arrangements; 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 from | | | | past can create a conflict in one's present life. |
| an old mansion at Wylie, Harmond's dreams of | | | | It is not just any other Broadway show, but a |
| redevelopment and becoming a Mayor get hit | | | | part of Wilson's research in the African American |
| badly. Will he be able to become the first black | | | | culture. It gives a reflection of the 20th century |
| mayor of Pittsburgh? Will he be able to transform | | | | and also tells about how fleets of ship loaded with |
| his neighborhood? Or will his black past shatter his | | | | African 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 the | | | | West Coast in Los Angeles, California by Mark |
| responsibility of each citizen towards his | | | | Taper Forum. The show was produced in October |
| community. August Wilson, in his play, wants to | | | | 2006 by the Huntington Theater Company |
| tell his audience that transformation of | | | | situated in Boston. It was again produced in 2007 |
| neighborhood can be achieved only when | | | | by McCarter Theater. On May 8, 2007, "Radio |
| someone cares enough to take the initiative to do | | | | Golf" was presented as a Broadway show in New |
| something about it. Once someone starts, others | | | | York's Cort Theater. |
| will follow. | | | | The show is a must-see, as it not only entertains, |
| "Radio Golf" is the last sequence of Wilson's | | | | but 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 has | | | | development agenda. |
| a deep insight into African American lifestyle. | | | | So, book your tickets now itself, either online, or |
| "Radio Golf" is produced by Margo Lion, Jujamcyn | | | | on phone, or at the box office and have a taste |
| Theaters, Jeffrey Richards/Jerry Frankel, Fran | | | | of African American culture. |
| Kirmser, Tamara Tunie, Lauren Doll, Bunting | | | | |