When two Iowa theatrical leaders join forces, it holds great promise as a “must-see” experience. Pyramid Theatre Company and the Des Moines Community Playhouse unite to present Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” This also marks the Des Moines return of Pyramid
Chadwick Boseman s last performance, in an August Wilson adaptation, is his best Filmmakers smartly reshape August Wilson play for the screen. December 17, 2020 1:27pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The late Chadwick Boseman s final movie is his best.
A fierce Viola Davis plays the title role in Ma Rainey s Black Bottom (that double entendre refers to a dance and her posterior), but Boseman, who died of cancer in August at age 43, has the lead. His Levee is a mercurial trumpeter, one of four men waiting for Rainey to deign to arrive at a Chicago studio where they re supposed to make a record. From the opening scenes, Levee his namesake a dam that holds back a flood has a chip on his shoulder, and the thrill of Boseman s performance is the spectacularly inventive way he reveals Levee s pain.