Results tagged “joeturnerscomeandgone”

Meet Tony-Nominated, Bellevue-Born Roger Robinson

Robinson, who plays "conjure man" Bynum Walker in Joe Turner, is in his seventies, he's tall, and he'll look familiar if you are a dedicated fan of Kojak. Or Baretta. Or Quincy, M.E. Or Starsky & Hutch. A contract player for Universal in the '70s, Robinson played bit parts on dozens of T.V. shows.

Bartlett Sher, August Wilson, and Race in American Theatre

The theatre is considered so negligible in American culture (and in many ways : Bartlett Sher, the artistic director of the Intiman, is the first white director in decades to helm a major production of an August Wilson play, outraging some African-American theatre artists. Wilson, who spent the last 15 years of his life in Seattle, had limited productions of his work to companies that hired African-Americans as directors and designers; since his death in 2005, his widow has overturned that prohibition.

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