The life of Tony nominee and Oscar and Grammy-winning actor Sidney Poitier, who was the first Black performer to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1963, is heading to the stage. According to Variety, Charles Randolph-Wright will pen the play with Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson serving as director. Titled Sidney, the new play is adapted from Poitier's autobiography, The Measure of a Man, and will trace Po…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PM on December 7, 2021