[Gaffer]

Yes, I never. I have no idea who that playwright is, nor have I ever cared.

[Night Hides Not]

I have no idea who that playwright is, nor have I ever cared.

It appears that the Heinz and Mellon foundations agree with you. I've certainly never heard of the guy, does that make me a racist? lol

[raccoonradio]

Yes. One bit of Pittsburgh black history done well is an exhibit on Negro League Baseball in the sports section of the John Heinz History Museum. There were legendary jazz clubs
and artists like George Benson, etc.

I almost thought when I heard the name that August Wilson was the playwright of Hot l Baltimore, a short lived Norman Lear series about a flophouse. Looked up—ah, right church wrong pew. LANFORD Wilson wrote that play.

[BatGuano]

Years ago, I saw one of his plays in New York. “The 5th of July”. It was a chance to see a play and I really did not know who wrote it or what the topic was. To me the play made no sense at all. Almost ruined my visit..

[BatGuano]

Oops...wife just said that it was another “Wilson”, not August. Never mind.

[driftless2]

If you put the names Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, or Tennessee Williams up, the great majority of Americans would have no idea who they are. I'll bet this is the first time anyone on this forum has heard of August Wilson. I never heard of him. But why should they build a museum for him?

Are there a Eugene O'Neill/Thornton Wilder/Tennessee Williams Museums? I doubt I'd visit those as well as August Wilson's. Why did anybody believe people would go to a museum for a little-known playwright? Unless they thought they could make money out of it.