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‘Joe Turner’s Come And Gone’ Broadway Review: Taraji P. Henson & Cedric The Entertainer Shine In August Wilson Revival

Deadline·Greg Evans·about 1 month ago
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Rare is the Broadway season that hasn’t been bettered by an August Wilson revival, and this very busy spring is no exception. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone , lovingly and astutely directed by Debbie Allen with a no-weak-link cast headed by Taraji P. Henson (in a superb Broadway debut), Cedric The Entertainer and Ruben Santiago-Hudson, is nothing less than a full-on reminder of Wilson’s singular genius for blending naturalism with more-things-in-heaven-and-earth marvels. This play, the second chronologically in the author’s incredible 10-play Century Cycle, is set in Pittsburgh yet inhabits the collective memory of Africa, the American South and some ancient, still-felt netherworld. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners couldn’t exist without Wilson’s cartography.…

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