King Hedley II

King Hedley II is a play by American playwright August Wilson, the ninth in his ten-part series, The Pittsburgh Cycle. This is the ninth of the plays in Wilson's ten-play cycle, each from a different era. The play ran on Broadway in 2001 and was revived Off-Broadway in 2007. King Hedley II premiered at the Pittsburgh Public Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 11, 1999, and played a number of other regional theaters, including Seattle, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington before its Broadway engagement. The play opened on Broadway at the Virginia Theatre on May 1, 2001 and closed on July 1, 2001 after 72 performances and 24 previews. Directed by Marion McClinton, the cast featured Brian Stokes Mitchell (King), Leslie...