An August heritage / August Wilson and The Pittsburgh Cycle

I'm glad I finished the cycle [of plays],

These mansions are part of our heritage. They tell you something about the financiers and the industrialists that built Pittsburgh, but they're also a testament to the craftsmen and artisans that built the city. I can't imagine anyone tearing them down.

Like most people, I have this sort of love-hate relationship with Pittsburgh. This is my home, and at times I miss it and find it tremendously exciting, and other times I want to catch the first thing out that has wheels.

I've seen some terrible plays, but I generally enjoy myself. One play I walked out of, I have a tremendous respect for the author. That was Robert Wilson, something called 'Network,' which consisted of Wilson sitting on a bunk, the dialogue of the movie 'Network' looped in while a chair on a rope went up and down.

I believe in music the way some people believe in fairy tales