Two weeks after this author‘s death in 2005, the Virginia Theatre on Broadway was renamed after him.
Two weeks after this author‘s death in 2005, the Virginia Theatre on Broadway was renamed after him. This author is  most famous for the ―Century Cycle‖ of ten plays set mostly in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, with each play  representing a different decade: Seven Guitars  representing the 1940‘s, and Radio Golf  representing the 1990‘s. The only play not set in Pittsburg is one focusing on a blues singer and her jazz band in 1920‘s Chicago, Ma Rainey's Black  Bottom. However, the two that received the Pulitzer Prize were one about two siblings‘ dispute over selling an heirloom instrument, and one about retired baseball player Troy Maxson. FTP, who is this playwright of The Piano Lesson and Fences.
Two weeks after this author‘s death in 2005, the Virginia Theatre on Broadway was renamed after him.
August Wilson