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The Black Rep's Jitney Takes Us Where We Need to Go
A review of August Wilson's play set in a late-1970s Pittsburgh taxi station
By Eileen G'Sell
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Things to Do, news, St. Louis, St. Louis news, Black Rep, Jitney, August Wilson
Amateur Hours: Tedious Piano Lesson exposes a Black Rep that's out of tune
By Dennis Brown
Tags: Theater, Reviews, August Wilson, Ma Rainey, Pulitzer Prizes, Pittsburgh, Grandel Theatre
Kickass! The Black Rep hauls off and whomps Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Tags: Theater, Reviews, Ma Rainey, August Wilson, Chicago, Tim Case, Grandel Theatre
Bottoms Up
Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Ma Rainey, Chicago, August Wilson, Ed Smith, Grandel Theatre
Master Stroke: The Black Rep aces August Wilson's Radio Golf
By Paul Friswold
Tags: Theater, Reviews, August Wilson, Pittsburgh, Andre Sills, Darryl Alan Reed
End of the Century
By Christian Schaeffer
Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, August Wilson, Pittsburgh, Harmond Wilks
Capsule Reviews
Reviews by Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Deanna Jent
By Dennis Brown, Paul Friswold and Deanna Jent
Tags: Theater, Reviews, August Wilson, Sherlock Holmes, Linda Kennedy, O.C. Smith
Same old same old: Not even the Black Rep can save August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean.
Despite great performances, this one sinks.
Tags: Theater, Reviews, August Wilson, Pittsburgh, Joe Turner, Andrea Frye
It Was a Very Good Year
Thanks for the memories: Dennis and Deanna break down 2006.
By Dennis Brown and Deanna Jent
Tags: Theater, Reviews, St. Louis, August Wilson, Ron Himes, Kevin Kline
His Majesty
The Black Rep gives August Wilsons King Hedley II the royal treatment
Tags: Theater, Reviews, August Wilson, Ron Himes, Ed Smith, St. Louis
King of the Hill
By Mark Fischer
Tags: Night & Day, Highlights, Pittsburgh, August Wilson, Pulitzer Prize Committee
Pay for Play
Producer Rocco Landesman comes home to talk about Broadway (and baseball)
Tags: Theater, Reviews, Rocco Landesman, August Wilson, Stephen Sondheim, Jujamcyn Theaters
Major League
The Alton Little Theater swings for the Fences
Tags: Theater, Reviews, August Wilson, Troy, Jared Hennings, Ma Rainey
Please Stop Cryin'
Javon Johnson's Cryin' Shame has its moments but goes on too long
Tags: Theater, Reviews, Javon Johnson, William Tecumseh Sherman, August Wilson, St. Louis
Playwriting 101
Ain't Got Time to Die takes a lecture-hall approach to drama
By Deanna Jent
Tags: Theater, Reviews, Gregory Carr, Joyce Meeks, August Wilson, Lorraine Hansberry
Epic Proportions
The Black Rep assays August Wilson
Tags: Theater, Reviews, Juba, Joe Turner, August Wilson, Pittsburgh
Best Local-Theater Play
Seven Guitars
Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Entertainment, August Wilson, St. Louis
A Tale of Two Reps
Two plays at two Reps expose the cultural apartheid of St. Louis
By Eddie Silva
Tags: Arts, Columns, St. Louis, August Wilson, Pasquale Met Milton, Steve Woolf
Real Folk Blues
August Wilson's Seven Guitars hits the ground running but sputters as it loses its breath
Tags: Theater, Reviews, August Wilson, Chicago, St. Louis, J. Samuel Davis
Taxi Hailing
The Black Rep's Jitney is a transporting experience
By Brian Hohlfeld
Tags: Theater, Reviews, August Wilson, Ron OJ Parson, Thomas Byrd, Pittsburgh
Midtown St. Louis Will Get a Pedestrian Bridge Over I-64
By Kallie Cox
St. Louis Mom of Slain 14-Year-Old Needs Money for His Funeral
Slain Soulard Hit-and-Run Victim Remains Unidentified
By Sarah Fenske