Broadnax III (“ The Hot Wing King”) directs.
THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN Following runs at Syracuse Stage and Baltimore Center Stage, Keenan Scott II’s fusion of spoken word, rhythm and slam poetry - telling the stories of seven Black men over the course of one day in Brooklyn - makes it to Broadway. The production’s unique approach to storytelling features a recording of Hnath’s mother, Dana Higginbotham, telling her story, with Deirdre O’Connell onstage mouthing the words. Lucas Hnath’s “ Dana H.” tells the story of his mother’s experience being kidnapped and held captive for several months. Emily Davis will revisit her role as Winner, making her Broadway debut. interrogation of Reality Winner, the former Air Force linguist and intelligence contractor who was arrested in 2017 and charged with leaking a top-secret government report about election interference to the media. Conceived and directed by Tina Satter, “ Is This a Room” re-enacts the F.B.I.
In an unusual arrangement, two productions will play in rotation on the same Broadway stage this fall, both making the move uptown after acclaimed runs at the Vineyard Theater in 20. Norm Lewis and Michael Urie are among the cast of the comedy, directed by Zhailon Levingston (an associate director of “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”). 3, Brooks Atkinson Theater)ĬHICKEN & BISCUITS After a brief run at Queens Theater, this new play by Douglas Lyons, about a family funeral at which a secret surfaces, moves to Broadway. The show, which was hours from opening when Broadway shut down, was written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, and Moss directs with Jamie Armitage. SIX The extremely unfortunate wives of King Henry VIII tell their stories of marital misery in song, competing to be she who was dealt the worst hand.
LACKAWANNA BLUES Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s autobiographical play about growing up in a boardinghouse in upstate New York and the generous woman who raised him, features more than 20 characters, all portrayed by Santiago-Hudson, who also directs this Manhattan Theater Club season opener. The play is a companion piece to Joseph’s “ Animals Out of Paper” (in which Overbey also appeared). The cast includes Ali Ahn, Ramiz Monsef, Kellie Overbey and Thom Sesma. LETTERS OF SURESH Friends, strangers and family seek connection through letters sent across the world in Rajiv Joseph’s new play, directed by May Adrales, who is also the new artistic director of the play development lab The Lark. Sarah Rose Kearns wrote the play, adapted from Austen’s novel, and Eric Tucker directs. PERSUASION The imaginative people at Bedlam return with an adaptation of Jane Austen’s romantic novel about a woman who turns away the man who may be the love of her life, and tries to win him back eight years later.
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