Set in a restaurant on a block that's about to be destroyed by the city, we get the low down on the denizens of this neighborhood. With Wilson's inimitable blunt style, this play puts you in the restaurant and into the lives of it's inhabitants, the town, and the world. August Wilson's African-American play cycle is the most astonishing collective piece of work out there. Each play stands on it's own as brilliant writing, drama/comedy, and together they form a history of America that is beautifully rendered, with all of it's love, ugliness, truth and beauty. (March 2020)
Re-read this one in honor of it's 30th Anniversary. My original reviews sums it up beautifully. The really sad thing is that EVERY statement and observation in this play, set in 1967, is unfortunately, still true today. It's a sad statement that nothing has changed in 55 years! (May 2022)
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