An ambitious lawyer and the inheritor of real estate, Harmond Wilks, has the dream of redeveloping African American Hill District of Pittsburgh. He wants to transform the district in ruins in a complex area with a high building and a chain of stores. He teamed with his friend Roosevelt Hicks, who was recently named vice president of Mellon Bank. Both plan a redevelopment project. Meanwhile, Wilks decided to run as candidate for mayor of Pittsburgh. But when some dark secrets are revealed in a former mansion in Wylie, Harmond redevelopment dreams and become mayor of being hit hard. Will he be able to become the first black mayor of Pittsburgh? Will he be able to transform his neighborhood? Or will his past black break his dreams and haunt him forever?
Radio Golf is all about community development. It'sa story that reminds you of the responsibility of every citizen to his community. August Wilson, in his play, wants to tell his audience that the transformation of the neighborhood can be achieved only when someone cares enough to take the initiative to do something. Once someone starts, others follow.
Radio Golf is the last sequence of the Wilson Cycle 10-game, which he wrote after each decade. August Wilson won the Pulitzer Prize and has a thorough knowledge of the habits of African-American life.
Radio Golf is produced by Margo Lion, Jujamcyn Theaters, Jeffrey Richards Jerry Frankel, Fran Kirmse, Tamara Tunie, Lauren Doll, Bunting Management Group, Wonder City, Georgia Frontière Open Pictures, Inc. Townsend League, Gordon Davidson, Viertel and Jack.
David Gallo, Tony Award, has designed the sets, Hiferty Susan, who is also a Tony Award winner, has designed the costumes and Donald Holder, Tony Award winner again, made the arrangements for lighting, and Dan Moses Schreier gave the sound effects of the room.
Radio Golf has humor, it has thrills and suspense, it shows the ambition of a person and how his past might create a conflict in his present life.
It is not just any Broadway show, but part of Wilson's research in the African-American culture. It gives a reflection of the 20th century and also tells how the fleets of ships loaded with African slaves used to dock in Virginia.
Radio Golf was created at the Yale Repertory Theater in 2005. Subsequently, it was shown on the west coast of Los Angeles, California, by Mark Taper Forum. The show was produced in October 2006 by the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston. It was again produced in 2007 by McCarter Theater. On May 8, 2007, Radio Golf has been presented as a Broadway show in New York Cort Theater.
The show is a must see, because it is not only entertaining, but also sends a message through the community of people who will always remain at the top of the development agenda.
So, book your tickets now itself, either online or over the phone or at the box office and have a taste of the Afro-American culture. Al is the webmaster of Radio Golf Broadway, an entertainment site for the City of New York with reviews and news about each event, and Radio Golf Broadway information.