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Marion McClinton is a theatre director and playwright. He was nominated for the Tony Award for ''King Hedley II''. He won the 2000 Vivian Robinson Audelco Black Theatre Awards, Director/Dramatic Production〔Lefkowitz, David and Hernandez, Ernio.("Jitney Takes Eight AUDELCO Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre" ), playbill.com, November 21, 2000〕 and the 1999–2000 Obie Awards, Direction, for ''Jitney'',〔(Obie Awards listing, 1999-2000 ), infoplease.com, accessed May 29, 2009〕 and was nominated for the Drama Desk Award. He has directed most of August Wilson's plays, both on Broadway and regionally,〔Simonson, Robert.("Marion McClinton to Direct Wilson's Joe Turner at Missouri Rep in 2002" ), playbill.com, May 23, 2001〕 and has been termed "One of the leading Wilson directors".〔Rawson, Christopher.("Black in a white theater world", )''Post-Gazette Magazine'', April 06, 1999〕 The first premiere of Wilson's works that he directed was ''King Hedley II'' in 2001, taking over from the then-retired Lloyd Richards as Wilson's director.〔Gener, Randy.("August Wilson’s New Main Man", )''Village Voice'', April 24, 2001〕 He is an associate artist at Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland, where he has directed several Wilson plays as well as ''Les Blancs'' and ''Splash Hatch on the E Going Down''. He has directed at, among others, the Pittsburgh Public Theater (several Wilson plays), Guthrie Theater, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Playwrights Horizons.〔(Credits as of June 2007 ) americantheatrewing.org, accessed May 28, 2009〕 At the Goodman Theatre he directed a staged reading of ''Fences'' as part of the Goodman's August Wilson Celebration in February 2007. He had previously directed ''King Hedley II'', ''Gem of the Ocean'' and ''Jitney'' at the Goodman.〔(Press release ) goodmantheatre, February 13, 2007〕 He is directing an Off-Broadway production of ''Pure Confidence'' in May 2009 as part of Americas Off Broadway Festival.〔Bacalzo, Dan.("Marion McClinton to Direct Mixed Blood's Pure Confidence for Americas Off Broadway Festival; Line-up Announced" ), theatermania.com, April 6, 2009〕 ==Works (selected)== *''Jitney'' (2000 off-Broadway) - Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Play nominee *''King Hedley II'' (2001 Broadway) Tony Award, Best Direction of a Play nominee *''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' (2003 Broadway) *''Gem of the Ocean'' (2003 World premiere, Goodman Theater) *''Drowning Crow'' (2004 Broadway)〔Jones, Kenneth.("Regina Taylor Gives Chekhov New Wings With Drowning Crow, Opening Feb. 19" ), playbill.com, February 19, 2004〕 *''Elmina's Kitchen'' (American premiere, 2005, Center Stage)〔(Elmina's Kitchen production details ) centerstage.org, accessed May 28, 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marion McClinton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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