ATW - Downstage Center
ATW - Downstage Center
American Theatre Wing
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (#116) August, 2006
43 minutes Posted Aug 28, 2006 at 9:30 am.
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Tony Award-winning actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson talks about his responsibility as part of the fraternity of "August Wilson actors"; his desire to direct the complete 10-play Wilson cycle of plays, having begun with the two in which he appeared on Broadway ("Seven Guitars" and "Gem of the Ocean"); the experience of adapting his own life into "Lackawanna Blues" for both stage and television, and the challenges of producing work which portrays the diversity of African-American life and issues in film and on television. Original air date - August 25, 2006.