#August Wilson&039;s Jitney

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Fall 2021 study group - Email update #8: August Wilson's American Century Cycle

Fall 2021 study group – Email update #8: August Wilson’s American Century Cycle

Greetings, all, and happy entry into October! We are beginning the final countdown. A week from Sunday (October 10 at 4pm EDT) we have our first Zoom chat on the first play in the series, Jitney. In the past we’ve taken one and one half to two hours per discussion. Here is an archive of the weekly updates to date:Weekly update #1: …

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Artists We Love: August Wilson

Artists We Love: August Wilson #fromtheblog

For many, the only relationship they have with August Wilson is through movies based on his plays: The Piano Lesson, Oscar®-winning Fences and most recently Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman, both nominated for Academy Awards® in their roles. Those movies are just a slice of the breadth of work the playwright produced before he died of liver cancer at…

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Tonys: Which Winners Stand to Gain at the Box Office?

Tonys: Which Winners Stand to Gain at the Box Office?

Getty Images Lead producer Stacey Mindich and the ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ team accepting the Tony for best musical The ceremony’s top honorees, ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘Hello, Dolly!,’ already are playing to capacity audiences, but a handful of other shows should see a boost in traffic.

How do you translate Tony Awards glory into box-office bounty when you’re already selling every seat in the house?

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August Wilson’s Jitney: An Eclectic Jazz Piece of Playwriting 

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August Wilson’s Jitney begins with a swelling of soulful jazz playing as we take in the meticulously designed set of David Gallo. The characters slowly wander onto the stage for the Broadway debut of one of his first plays, setting the scene and creating a moment in time. Written in 1979, it is now seen as part of a greater…