Samuel J Friedman TheatreExtraordinary performances help to bring the decorated playwright's 1979 script to life for the first time on BroadwayThe Broadway debut of August Wilson's Jitney by…
With soaring language and an improvisatory jazz spirit, Ruben Santiago-Hudson's revival brings lives shaped by privation to throbbing life.
With August Wilson’s “Fences” playing in movie theaters and Andre Holland attracting Oscar buzz for his star-making performance in “Moonlight,” Manhattan The…
August Wilson's 1979 play comes to Broadway, completing his epic century cycle.
In the beginning, there was "Jitney." It was 1979, years before August Wilson became justifiably revered for his great 10-play Century Cycle, and decades before "Fences," which, thanks to De…
August Wilson was still a young artist, if no longer a young man, when he started work on Jitney at age 34. Was the play, about some car-service drivers scratching out a living, meant as a o…
Honour, family, lost promise, and legacy are the broad themes that August Wilson hones in Jitney, his tale of a motley crew
Past and present and a father and son collide.
Actor-turned-director Ruben Santiago-Hudson's natural feel for the plays of August Wilson yields a superb production of 'Jitney,' the final work in the late dramatist's landmark 10-part cycl…
August Wilson, who built his playwriting name on his "Century Cycle" covering the African-American experience during each decade of the 20th century, eventually proved expert at intertwining…
'Jitney,' set in 1970s Pittsburgh, is the last of August Wilson's Century Cycle to debut on Broadway
Among the achievements of the American theater over the last century, August Wilson’s work ranks comfortably with the best. Any one of the plays he wrote — one for each decade of…
Directed by Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, the play is part of the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner’s American Century Cycle.
The long-awaited Broadway debut ofAugust Wilson'sJitney, directed by Tony Award winnerRuben Santiago-HudsonThe Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Gem of the Ocean, opens tonight at MTC'sSamuel J. …
Due to some health issues, it has been two and a half months since I've seen a play--what a gift that the first one back was August Wilson's superb Jitney, beautifully directed by Ruben Sant…
The first attempts at playwriting of two of the greats are currently nestled together in neighboring theaters on West 47th Street: At the Barrymore at present is The Present, the latest latt…
Today's big news Hundreds of organizations across the country take part in THE GHOSTLIGHT PROJECT this evening, and August Wilson's JITNEY opens tonight on Broadway
Ruben Santiago-Hudson rounds out August Wilson's repertoire.
After premiering in 1982, August Wilson’s Jitney is finally on Broadway. The new production, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, opens officially on January 19 at Manhattan Theatre Club…
Directed by Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, the play is part of the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner’s American Century Cycle.
A friendly reminder The long-awaited Broadway debut of August Wilson's Jitney, directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Gem of the Ocean, opens to…
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Age: “Whatever the role requires." Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL Current Role: Carra Patterson takes on the only female role in August Wilson's Jitney. She plays Rena, w…
Show clips of the Broadway production of Jitney, starring André Holland.