Kwame Kwei-Armah
chooses the play Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson
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Plays include Elmina's Kitchen and Statement of Regret. Acted in 大象传媒1's Casualty 1999 - 2004. Awarded OBE in 2012. Now Artistic Director of Centerstage, Baltimore.
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson
Kwame Kwei-Armah聽chooses Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1984), a play by August Wilson (1945 - 2005) and the second installment of his decade-by-decade chronicle of the African-American experience, The Pittsburgh Cycle. Presented by Mark Lawson.
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Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kwame Kwei-Armah on why he underwent 18 interviews to get his new job at Centerstage, Baltimore.
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