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. In his preface to this Broadway edition of Jitney,
director Ruben Santiago-Hudson writes: "There had been nine jewels
placed in August Wilson's formidable crown, each had changed the
landscape of Broadway in their respective seasons. Until now, only one
gem was missing. With this production of Jitney at the Manhattan Theatre
Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre the final gem is in place."Set in the
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's son returns from
prison, tempers flare, potent secrets are revealed and the fragile
threads binding these people together may come undone at last.In
addition to the essential and insightful preface by Ruben
Santiago-Hudson, this edition boasts production stills from the
Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production, directed by
Santiago-Hudson and featuring Harvy Blanks, Anthony Chisholm, Brandon J.
Dirden, André Holland, Carra Patterson, Michael Potts, Keith Randolph
Smith, Ray Anthony Thomas, and John Douglas Thompson.
