Marion McClinton, a noted director who was a favorite of the playwright August Wilson and took two of his plays to Broadway, earning a 2001 Tony Award nomination for best direction for the first, “King Hedley II,” died on Thursday in St. Paul, Minn. Mr. McClinton, who was also an actor and playwright, did some of his most acclaimed directing Off Broadway and in regional theaters, especially in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, his home base. “But when you are working on Broadway, you are as much a director as a manager solving people’s problems. “Of course,” he added, “I would be lying if I said I ain’t missing the pay.”On Broadway, Mr. McClinton also directed Mr. Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” in 2003 and Regina Taylor’s “Drowning Crow” in 2004. His other New York productions included “Jar the Floor,” Cheryl L. West’s comic drama, which was a hit at Second Stage Theater in 1999.

Source: New York Times November 28, 2019 23:15 UTC