Seven Guitars

Ruben Santiago-Hudson earned a Tony Award for his performance in the original Broadway production of August Wilson's 1996 drama, then directed it in a 2006 Signature Theatre production that Time Out called "magisterial but exuberant." He takes the reins once more in this Lincoln Center Theatre revival, with—as is always the case with major productions of Wilson plays—a first-rate cast of Black actors eager to dive into the preeminent African-American playwright's richly poetic dialogue: John Douglas Thompson, Michael Potts, Kristolyn Lloyd, Chanté Adams, Jason Dirden, Russell Hornsby and the great Roslyn Ruff (who played a different role in the 2006 staging). Like most of Wilson's Century Cycle, the play is set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District; set in the 1940s, it traces the events that lead to the funeral of a local blues singer.