
August Wilson's Seven Guitars
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When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
Why “still confirming”. The theatre details above are solid. What we haven’t nailed down is whether this particular production does a stage door — that changes with the cast, and no source publishes it. We’d rather say so than guess.
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson won his first Tony Award for the 1996 Broadway premiere of this play. Three decades later he directs it, which is about as good a pedigree as a revival can carry. Seven Guitars is the 1940s chapter of Wilson’s American Century Cycle, and it is the one where the music does the most work — blues, comedy, and grief braided so tightly you stop noticing where one ends.
Lincoln Center Theater stages it at the 299-seat Mitzi E. Newhouse, November 5, 2026 through January 10, 2027. Casting was still in progress at the time of writing. If you are between 21 and 35, LincTix gets you in for $37 — one of the genuinely great deals in town.
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