Brenda Pressley will join the cast of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Purpose at the Hayes Theater. Pressley takes over the role of matriarch Claudine Jasper on July 15, replacing the production's original Tony-nominated Claudine, LaTanya Richardson Jackson. LaTanya Richardson Jackson in "Purpose" (Photo: Marc J. Franklin) Jackson was previously scheduled to appear …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PM on June 19, 2025