Jitney Revival 2017
Run Time:
Two hours and 25 minutes, with one intermission
Opened: January 19, 2017Two hours and 25 minutes, with one intermission
Closing: March 12, 2017
Jitney - 2017 Broadway History , Info & More
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Broadway)
261 W. 47th St. New York, NY 10036
Only one of the plays in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's masterful The American Century Cycle has never been seen on Broadway- until now. Set in the early 1970s, this richly textured piece follows a group of men trying to eke out a living by driving unlicensed cabs, or jitneys. When the city threatens to board up the business and the boss' son returns from prison, tempers flare, potent secrets are revealed and the fragile threads binding these people together may come undone at last.
MTC has a long history of co-producing works by this legendary playwright: King Hedley II, Seven Guitars and The Piano Lesson, and is proud to produce this Broadway debut. Directing is Ruben Santiago-Hudson, one of Wilson's finest interpreters.
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‘Jitney’ review: Broadway masters gritty August Wilson play
8 / 10
This is a meticulously cast, lovingly observed play about life in a livery cab station in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Wilson's home base. We are in the '70s but Wilson never burdened his decades with easy pop-sociological markers. Vietnam is closer but no less life-altering than black experiences in Korea. Many of the actors are veterans of Wilson's storytelling style, experts in the unspooling ways he defines character and plot through grand handfuls of luscious and gritty street poetry. The problems at the car service revolve around the everyday joys and heartaches of fathers and sons, wives and husbands, men and their whiskey, and the yearnings in their souls.
With 'Fences' on Screen, August Wilson's 'Jitney' Makes a Broadway Debut
8 / 10
Until this year, 'Jitney' was the only one of August Wilson's 'Century Cycle' plays to have never been performed on Broadway. Now it's finally arrived, in an artful and melodic staging directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, one of the most well-regarded interpreters of works by the 'Fences' playwright.
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Jitney History
Other Productions of Jitney
| 2000 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2000 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | Broadway |
Manhattan Theatre Club Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2019 | US Tour |
National Tour US Tour |
Jitney - 2017 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | John Douglas Thompson |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Play | Toni-Leslie James |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Ruben Santiago-Hudson |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music in a Play | Bill Sims Jr. |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Jitney |
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Play | David Gallo |
| 2017 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | John Douglas Thompson |
| 2017 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Jitney |
| 2017 | New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Special Citation | Ruben Santiago-Hudson |
| 2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Jitney |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Toni-Leslie James |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Ruben Santiago-Hudson |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Jane Cox |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | John Douglas Thompson |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | August Wilson's Jitney |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | David Gallo |
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