Member Film adaptation Awards and nominations 2007 Chicago Production Original Broadway Production In 2009, Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Even with a run time of three and a half hours, Tracy Letts' 2007 drama of Southern-fried familial dysfunction went by in one lightning-fast jolt of pure theatrical electricity." Origins of the play's name The play is named after a poem written by Howard Starks. Of this, Tracy Letts has stated, "I could never come up with a title as brilliant as 'August: Osage County.' Mr. Howard Starks, gentleman, teacher, poet, genius, mentor, friend, created that title for an extraordinary poem that is one of the inspirations for my play. I steal the title with deference, yet without apology – Howard, I'm sure, would have it no other way – and I dedicate this play to his memory." Notes References Further reading External links August: Osage County official website August: Osage County Broadway Show Page Steppenwolf official website Critical Review of the London Show January 9, 2009 New York Times review December 5, 2007 Curtain Call By Blake Wilson Video of Howard Starks reading the poem from which the play's name is derived 2007 plays Broadway plays Drama Desk Award-winning plays New York Drama Critics' Circle Award winners Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winning works Tony Award-winning plays Plays by Tracy Letts Plays set in Oklahoma American plays adapted into films Tragicomedy plays