Jitney

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play

Jitney is a critically acclaimed play by August Wilson that portrays the lives and struggles of Black taxi drivers in 1970s Pittsburgh.

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Label Occurrences
Jitney canonical 12
Jitney (stage role) 1
Jitney (television film) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
author August Wilson ⓘ
awardReceived Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play ⓘ
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play ⓘ
surface form: Olivier Award for Best New Play
broadwayDebutYear 2017 ⓘ
broadwayProducer Manhattan Theatre Club ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Samuel J. Friedman Theatre ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Becker ⓘ
Booster ⓘ
Doub ⓘ
Fielding ⓘ
Philmore ⓘ
Rena ⓘ
Shealy ⓘ
Turnbo ⓘ
Youngblood ⓘ
firstFullProductionYear 1982 ⓘ
firstProducedAt Allegheny Repertory Theatre ⓘ
firstProducedInCity Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh
genre drama ⓘ
realist play ⓘ
hasAdaptation Jitney self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jitney (television film)
language English ⓘ
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play ⓘ
notableFor being the 1970s entry in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle ⓘ
portrayal of Black working-class life in Pittsburgh ⓘ
originalProductionYear 1982 ⓘ
partOf Pittsburgh Cycle ⓘ
series Pittsburgh Cycle ⓘ
setInDecade 1970s ⓘ
setting car service dispatch office ⓘ
unlicensed cab station ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh
settingNeighborhood The Hill District (Pittsburgh) ⓘ
surface form: Hill District
settingTimePeriod 1970s ⓘ
subjectMatter African American working-class life ⓘ
Black taxi drivers ⓘ
informal taxi service ⓘ
televisionFilmReleaseYear 2001 ⓘ
theme community solidarity ⓘ
economic struggle ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
gentrification ⓘ
masculinity ⓘ
racial inequality ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
writer August Wilson ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Andre Holland → notableWork → Jitney ⓘ
August Wilson → notableWork → Jitney ⓘ
Jitney → hasAdaptation → Jitney self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jitney (television film)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson → notableWork → Jitney ⓘ
Stephen McKinley Henderson → notableWork → Jitney ⓘ
The Hill District (Pittsburgh) → inspiredWork → Jitney ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Jitney” by August Wilson
Russell Hornsby → performedIn → Jitney ⓘ
André Holland → notableWork → Jitney ⓘ
André Holland → participatedIn → Jitney ⓘ
John Douglas Thompson → notableWork → Jitney ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jitney (stage role)
Gem of the Ocean → relatedWork → Jitney ⓘ
The Pittsburgh Cycle → hasPart → Jitney ⓘ
The Pittsburgh Cycle → notableWorkInCycle → Jitney ⓘ
Pittsburgh Cycle → hasPart → Jitney ⓘ
Azula Carmen Wilson → notableWork → Jitney ⓘ
subject surface form: August Wilson