[DOC] [TLE] August Wilson/Robert Brustein Debate - TheBlaze [PAR] Moderated by Anna Deavere-Smith. Town Hall February 5, 1997. Brustein: ... 
terms, sometimes seems to be arguing for what one critic has called "freedom 
from speech." Out of ... The greatest playwrights had the courage to speak truth to 
power. ... If Mr. Wilson knows of a worthy black theatre that isn't being properly 
funded,... [DOC] [TLE] August Wilson versus Robert Brustein - August Wilson Website [PAR] (Originally published in U.S. 1 Newspaper on January 22 and April 16, 1997. ... 
We do not need colorblind casting; we need some theaters to develop our 
playwrights. ... On the other hand, Wilson blames Brustein for failing to "imagine a 
theater ... when a prominent black artist's failure is pronounced as such by a 
white critic. [DOC] [TLE] A broadcast of the debate between playwright AUGUST WILSON ... [PAR] Feb 5, 1997 ... The debate was held at New York's Town Hall on January 27, and is ... playwright 
AUGUST WILSON and theater critic ROBERT BRUSTEIN ... Wilson, winner of the 
Pulitzer Prize and author of the well-known play "Fences" says the modern 
theater system jeopardizes the values of black actors because it is... [DOC] [TLE] Elevating the Debate Over Cultural Power - latimes [PAR] Theater: A face-off between playwright August Wilson and critic Robert Brustein 
... January 29, 1997|PATRICK PACHECO | SPECIAL TO THE TIMES ... night to 
hear playwright August Wilson debate critic Robert Brustein on the topic of ... 
playwright of works that include "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," made last 
June in a... [DOC] [TLE] AMERICAN THEATRE | The Distance We Have Traveled [PAR] Jun 20, 2016 ... In the aftermath of the TCG conference, debates raged across the pages of ... the 
ground is still hard and rocky, as Wilson's character Rose points out in Fences. 
... Prominent critics such as Robert Brustein, in Subsidized ... publicly the issues 
around state-sanctioned violence in the killing of black youths. [DOC] [TLE] Playwright wrote of black experience - Page 2 - tribunedigital ... [PAR] Oct 3, 2005 ... The 60-year-old playwright had most recently (Page 2 of 2) ... The cycle that 
began with that play changed American theater. ... York between the playwright 
and critic Robert Brustein, who criticized Mr. Wilson's ... a 1994 graduate of 
Morgan State University, at whose commencement Mr. ... 1950s: Fences. [DOC] [TLE] Plea Heeded For Meeting On Black Theater - NYTimes.com [PAR] Feb 9, 1998 ... Mr. Wilson said it was time for black theater artists to come together ''to address ... 
He assailed the critic Robert Brustein for his ''presumption of... [DOC] [TLE] August Wilson's legacy. - Slate [PAR] Oct 6, 2005 ... The most famous play, Fences, which takes place in the 1950s and ... the 
masterpieces of the great American playwrights of the 20th century, ... Much has 
been made of Wilson's "militancy" about what the role of the black theater should 
be. ... 1997 town hall debate between himself and Robert Brustein, the... [DOC] [TLE] The Big Event: Wilson vs. Brustein At Town Hall | Playbill [PAR] Playwright August Wilson and director Robert Brustein took their ongoing debate 
about race in American theatre to the stage of New ... Jan 28, 1997 ... To Wilson, 
Pulitzer-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson, whose plays employ ... 
"I would not support the idea of black people doing Chekhov," Wilson would... [DOC] [TLE] Two Mouths Running - The New York Times [PAR] Feb 1, 1997 ... 1, 1997. Continue reading the main story Share This Page ... the playwright 
August Wilson and the critic Robert Brustein promised to be ... The very failures of 
Monday's debate mirrored the cultural and racial divides in America right now. ... 
Running,'' argued for a self-segregated black theater in which black... [DOC] [TLE] Cultural Power and the Case for Black Theater - Revcom.us [PAR] Revolutionary Worker #893, February 9, 1997 ... August Wilson--the Black

Question: In 1997 this "Fences" playwright debated the state of black theater with critic Robert Brustein
Answer: August Wilson