Review: ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Is August Wilson’s Essential American Story

Joe Turner’s Come Back, With Power Undimmed

In this new production starring Taraji P. Henson and Joshua Boone, the 1910s segment of August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle simmers and smolders.

‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Triumphantly Returns on Broadway

Director Debbie Allen and an excellent cast play August Wilson’s music beautifully in a new revival of this haunting classic

Review: ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ is August Wilson’s essential American story

August Wilson’s play, now in a revival starring Joshua Boone, Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer, is about a painful and consequential Great Migration moment.

'Joe Turner's Come and Gone' Broadway Review: Debbie Allen's Direction Injects Real Fire Into August Wilson's Masterpiece

August Wilson won the Pulitzer Prize twice for “Fences” and “The Piano Lesson.” He also deserved to win for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” which receives a stirring revival at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it opened Saturday. Debbie Allen directs, with her last Broadway credit being a “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” production from 2008 that was strictly routine — except for its casting. There’s nothing routine about h…

'Joe Turner's Come And Gone' Broadway Review: Taraji P. Henson Lights Up Revival

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 […]

‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ Broadway Review: Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer Lead Stellar Cast

August Wilson's timeless American classic is a powerful story about love, human connection and the collective memory of the Black American experience.