jitney

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Jitney Assorted characters in 1970s Pittsburgh try to get by driving unlicensed taxicabs in the Tony-winning revival of the August Wilson drama.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2019

Legend had previously won 10 Grammys, one Oscar for original song Glory from the film Selma and one Tony, which he won last year for co-producing the play Jitney,

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2018

In 2017, he won a Best Revival of a Play Tony for producing the Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Jitney.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2018

Two landscape architects said clients this summer had asked that their vegetables be picked, packaged and put on the Hampton Jitney for use in city kitchens.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2017

Aibileen told me what the ladies in the Jitney said yesterday, but we haven’t heard another thing since.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett