Pulitzer Prize winner Susan-Lori Parks will play Yahya Abdul-Matin II and Corey Hawkins. Topdog/Underdog On Broadway this fall.
Director Kenny Leon’s Tony winner opens October 20 at the John Golden Theatre, with screenings starting September 27.
Tony nominee Hawkins and Emmy winner Abdul-Matin II will star in the show, which is described as a dark, comedic parable of brotherly love and family identity, as brothers Lincoln and Booth jokingly name their father. . When Lincoln comes to live with his younger brother after his wife fired him, he works as a white Abraham Lincoln, which is embarrassing for him, but is the duo’s only source of income until his job is suddenly threatened by a model. of wax. to replace.
Meanwhile, Booth, who has saved half of his parents’ inheritance after they both left them when they were teenagers, fights for his brother’s former glory as a three-card Mount Shark, all the while trying to charm his brother. woman called Grace. Haunted by a difficult upbringing, each brother works towards individual aspirations for a better life, but their rivalry – along with poverty, racism, work and women – threatens their future.
“I am so blessed that Big shot Back to Broadway! What a wonderful opportunity to share this work with a new audience. And sadly, how many writers will be here on Broadway to revive their work? “I’m grateful and excited,” said Parks, the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama. “And do a show with Ken, Yahya and Corey – that’s a plate, little one!”
The revival’s producers are David Stone, Lachens, Rashad W. Chambers, Mark Platt, Debra Martin Chase and the Schubert organization. Scenography is by Arnulfo Maldonado, costumes by Mother Aite, lighting design by Allen Lee Hughes and sound design by Justin Ellington. Casting is by Caller Jensen Davis, with Camra Jacobs serving as production director.
tickets Topdog/Underdog It will go on sale on Telecharge.com on June 20, the 10th of June of National Independence.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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