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AUGUST WILSON: THE PEOPLE'S PLAYWRIGHT.(Interview)
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American Visions
- Article date:
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August 1, 2000
- Author:
- Fitzgerald, Sharon
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The setting is the Edison Cafe, New York City. Located in the Broadway theater district, this 1920s grand-ballroom-turned-coffee-shop is one of playwright August Wilson's favorite haunts in Gotham. The clatter of meals being served and conversations taking place seems to suit him: Wilson has been known to write here, and it is also a spot where he enjoys receiving interviewers.
The unexcitable cafe staff is welcoming. In this homey, chandeliered, pink-and-white ode to lox, blintzes and gefilte fish, actors, producers and directors can be seen lunching, but Wilson's picture is on the wall: "On a Napkin in a Coffee Shop, Life Is Written (A Play, Too)" is the headline of a ...