• August Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's...
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    The August Wilson Theatre (formerly the Guild Theatre, ANTA Theatre, and Virginia Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 245 West 52nd Street in the Theater...
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    The August Wilson House is an historic home which is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It once belonged to the family of the famed African-American...
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    Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often called...
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    Cunningham Wilson (born August 22, 1964) is an American actor and director. He is the older brother of actors Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson. Wilson was born...
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  • Williams. It is an adaptation of the 1987 play of the same name by August Wilson. Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression...
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  • starring, produced, and directed by Denzel Washington and written by August Wilson, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 play of the same name. In...
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    Byron August Wilson (1918–1992) was an American mid-20th century artist and educator, known for his jewelry design. Wilson was born in Alameda, California...
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    came to prominence as a character actor often performing the plays of August Wilson. He has received nominations for two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award...
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    Russell Carrington Wilson (born November 29, 1988) is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL)...
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    Viola Davis (category Use American English from August 2020)
    2001 Broadway production of August Wilson's King Hedley II (2001) and Rose Maxson in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences (2010). The drama...
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    The August Wilson African American Cultural Center is a U.S. nonprofit arts organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that presents performing and...
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    Award for Best Actor in a Play for starring in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's play Fences in 2010. He later directed, produced, and starred in the...
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    Zachary Kapono Wilson (born August 3, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played...
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    Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has frequently worked with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with whom he has shared writing...
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  • a 1987 play by American playwright August Wilson. It is the fourth play in Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle. Wilson began writing this play by playing with...
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    Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor. He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals. He received nominations for...
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    Phylicia Rashad (category Use mdy dates from August 2015)
    August: Osage County, at the Music Box Theatre. Rashad returned to directing August Wilson's work in early 2014, when she led a revival of Wilson's Fences...
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    Yale University came from watching a clip of the 1985 production of August Wilson's play Fences, starring James Earl Jones and Courtney B. Vance. Vance...
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  • by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, based on the 1982 play of the same name by August Wilson. The film stars Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman...
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    Lambert Nicolas Wilson (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃bɛʁ wilsɔn]; born Willson, 3 August 1958) is a French actor. He is best known internationally for his...
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    On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Brown was...
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  • Simon has been nominated for the award more than any other playwright. August Wilson, with nine nominations, comes in second, followed by Tom Stoppard (eight...
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  • Black Bottom is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Century Cycle by August Wilson – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. The...
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  • biologist August Wesley (1887–1942), Finnish journalist, trade unionist and revolutionary August Wilson (1945–2005), American playwright August Winding...
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    oversees five Broadway theatres including the St. James, Al Hirschfeld, August Wilson, Eugene O'Neill, and the Walter Kerr. Born in New York City, Roth spent...
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    Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, writer, and director best known for his role...
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    Mara Elizabeth Wilson (born July 24, 1987) is an American actress. She rose to prominence as a child actress playing Natalie Hillard in the film Mrs. Doubtfire...
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    Blues (1984), by Neil Simon Black Bart and the Sacred Hills (1977), by August Wilson Black Nativity (1961), by Langston Hughes The Blue Hour (1979), by David...
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    Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, GCB, DSO (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of the...
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