Radio Golf to play at the Cort from 20 Apr starring Harry Lennix and Tonya Pinkins

August Wilson's most contemporary play, Radio Golf, will begin preview performances on 20 Apr 2007 and open on 8 May 2007 at Broadway's Cort Theatre.

The tenth and final work in two-time Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Wilson's historic, decade-by-decade portrait of 20th Century African-American life will be directed by Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun, Gem of the Ocean) and star Harry Lennix (Stomp the Yard, Fox's "24," NBC's "Commander in Chief") and Tony Award winner and Olivier Award Nominee Tonya Pinkins (Jelly's Last Jam; Caroline, or Change).

Additional casting information will be announced shortly.

Set in 1997 in Pittsburgh's Hill District, Radio Golf could be ripped from today's headlines, as Harmond Wilks (Lennix), a charming and powerful African-American politician, is running for the highest office of his career, with the loving support of his savvy wife, Mame (Pinkins). As Harmond steps into political prominence, the past is just a few steps behind him � and gaining fast.

Radio Golf will feature scenic design by Tony Award winner David Gallo, costume design by Tony Award winner Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Tony Award winner Donald Holder and sound design by Dan Moses Schreier.

The play is being produced on Broadway by Jujamcyn Theaters, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Margo Lion, Tamara Tunie, The Bunting Management Group, Lauren Doll, Fran Kirmser and Gordon Davidson.

The other nine plays in Wilson's acclaimed cycle include: Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Tony nomination), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Tony nomination), The Piano Lesson (Tony nomination and Pulitzer Prize), Seven Guitars (Tony nomination), Fences (Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize), Two Trains Running (Tony nomination), Jitney, King Hedley II (Tony nomination) and Gem of the Ocean (Tony nomination). Radio Golf will be the ninth play in the cycle produced on Broadway.

Radio Golf is currently in production at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, where it was recently extended through 25 Feb 2007, it will then play at the Princeton's McCarter Theatre from 18 Mar - 8 Apr 2007, before debuting on Broadway.