With ‘Seven Guitars,’ Ruben Santiago-Hudson Keeps the Light on for August Wilson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson, a recent Tony nominee for “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” returns to the director’s chair for this season’s revival of “Seven Guitars.”

Ruben Santiago-Hudson, a recent Tony nominee for “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” returns to the director’s chair for this season’s revival of “Seven Guitars.”

The horror-comedy won 14 awards, and Apple TV took home the most Emmys for the first time. “The Pitt” won best drama for the second year in a row, as Matthew Rhys, Jean Smart and Allison Janney entered the record books.

There was plenty of history in Monday’s telecast, hosted by Mariska Hargitay, and also plenty of cringe.

This month’s picks includes the “Hamilton” alum starring in Ossie Davis’s 1961 play and a political comedy by Mario Correa ahead of the midterm elections.

The former N.F.L. quarterback began protesting after becoming enraged by police killings, he writes in “The Perilous Fight.”

His diagnosis led to tributes from dozens of fellow stand-ups. Those inspired his novel show, featuring famous peers and recorded in the hospital. It can get dark.

In a new multidisciplinary work, the cellist Jeffrey Zeigler explores his family’s Gullah Geechee roots in South Carolina with a host of collaborators.