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Who’s The Father Of Today’s Black Theater Renaissance? August Wilson? No, It’s Tyler Perry

THEATRE Posted: October 11, 2019 10:04 am

Wesley Morris: “Maybe it’s not immediately obvious. But it makes sense. He’s the biggest black playwright in America. If you were a kid, teenager or barely an adult in the 2000s, living in a black city and attracted to the stage, it would be hard for Perry not to become someone to revere, reckon with or resist.” – The New York Times Magazine

THEATRE Published: 10.09.19, sj

Read the story in New York Times Magazine Published: 10.09.19, sj

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