Only 34 at the time that he wrote his first play, Jitney, August Wilson may or may not have known just how the emotion-driven syncopation of his language " haunting and lyrical, yet searingly earthbound " would transform the landscape of American drama. One wonders, too, whether Wilson could also have anticipated Jitney's enduring resonance, […] The post 'Jitney,' in LA, Sings August Wilson's Song of the Forgotten …
