This Sunday’s Drama Desk Awards could well be a preview of next Sunday’s Tony Awards on the play side with almost all of the above-the-line awards going to our predicted frontrun…
Come From Away, Jitney and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 were among the biggest winners at tonight’s 62nd annual Drama Desk Awards. Best Musical went to Come From Aw…
Tony winner and 2017 nominee David Gallo tells us thing we did not know about his Tony-nominated Jitney set.
The actor and director Ruben Santiago-Hudson spent 11 years pushing, prodding and cajoling theater owners to let him bring Jitney to Broadway. It was the first in what would become August Wi…
The Drama League does not distinguish between Broadway and off-Broadway when doling out honors. However, all five of its winners " four productions and an individual performance " are frontr…
Andr Holland, who recently starred in August Wilson's JITNEY on Broadway, has landed the lead role in Hulu's upcoming original series CASTLE ROCK.
August Wilson's "Jitney" was honored as best revival of 2016-17 by the Outer Critics Circle Awards, which threw big support behind the revival of "Hello, Dolly!" and …
In baseball terms, a couple of Pittsburghers were among the heavy hitters picked for Broadway's all-star lineup when nominations were announced Tuesday morning for the 71st annual Tony Award…
This season welcomed the very first Broadway production of theAugust Wilson drama, Jitney. Based on the real-life cab services of the 1970's which would service clients of color when regular…
August Wilson Shows Why Black Traditions Matter by Irene Nelson I love a play full of conversation where words flow like poetry, like music. I love a play about regular working people. I lov…
The Broadway League contributes to the productions' educational initiatives.
The committee assembled for the third time this season.
The $5,000 grants, awarded by the Broadway League, encourage productions to create opportunities for young people.
The Broadway League has awarded the New York Education and Engagement Grants to the Broadway productions of Come From Away and August Wilson's Jitney. Each production received a 5,000 grant …
Ian Belknap will direct The Acting Company reading.
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and this weekend. Miss Saigon’s Eva Noblezada and Alistair Brammer Sing on Today Broadway’s first revival of the …
Broadway's first "Rena" shares highlights from her time with the last jewel in August Wilson's crown.
Behind the creation of Toni-Leslie James‘ vibrant designs for August Wilson’s Jitney.
LEAP willpresent the 9thannual New York City August Wilson Monologue Competition. A total of 18 LEAP students from nine New York City high schools will inhabit Wilson's characters and bring …
'Jitney', a play in two acts by August Wilson, is being performed at Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, on select dates, through March 12, 2017.'Jitney' is set in the early 1970s an…
Actor John Douglas Thompson and director Ruben Santiago-Hudson join us to discuss Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway debut of August Wilson's "Jitney," the only one of the ten pla…
Charles Campisi joins us to discuss his book Blue on Blue: An Insider's Story of Good Cops Catching Bad Cops. Actor John Douglas Thompson and director Ruben Santiago-Hudson discuss Manhat…