Kara Young, LaTanya Richardson Jackson and more will lead Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Purpose' on Broadway
An opening-night date has also been announced for the Phylicia Rashad-directed drama.
An opening-night date has also been announced for the Phylicia Rashad-directed drama.
The complete cast is set for the Broadway premiere of Purpose, a new play by Tony Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate). Previews begin at the Hayes Theater on February 25,…
Complete casting has been announced for the highly-anticipated Broadway transfer of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' new play, PURPOSE. C…
LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Kara Young are among the complete cast announced today for the Broadway transfer of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play Pu…
The new play is written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and centers on a Black family that has cultivated a powerful political dynasty.
In an interview with Playbill, Jacobs-Jenkins shed light on the inspiration behind the play, noting that the Jasper family is "wrestling with the ...
Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's new play, Purpose, is coming to Broadway this season. Directed by Two-time Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad in her directing debut, the production…
Phylicia Rashad will direct the play, set to open in spring 2025.
BroadwayWorld has just learned that the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Purpose, written by Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and directed by Two-time Tony Award-…
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins had Broadway success this year with a drama starring Sarah Paulson. In February, he'll return with a new play directed by Phylicia Rashad.
"Purpose," a new show from "Appropriate" playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, will open on Broadway in the spring of 2025. Phylicia Rashad will direct the play, which is set to begin previews …
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Purpose, a new play by Tony Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, will open on Broadway in 2025. Two-time Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad…
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Purpose, written by Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate, The Comeuppance), and directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Phylicia…
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's world premiere play about a Black political dynasty is the latest in Steppenwolf's lineage of explosive work crafted around their acting ensemble.
This is a moving, beautifully written and honest play that discusses generational conflict"between old ideas of "purpose" and spirituality and new ones, between the need for truth and the ne…
Steppenwolf has long had a way with wildly dysfunctional family dramas. From Anton Chekhov's Seagull to Sam Shepard's True West to Tracy Letts's August: Osage County, the off-Loop institutio…
Two-time Tony winner Phylicia Rashad will direct the about family, faith, and Black American politics.
The two artists are collaborating on a new play at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, about the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
Two-time Tony winner Phylicia Rashad will direct the about family, faith, and Black American politics.
Jacobs-Jenkins invites audiences to rethink the concept of family in "Purpose" at Steppenwolf Theatre. "I'm interested in exploring the political dynastic family, and how there is a very thi…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company will continue its 48th season with the world premiere of Purpose, an epic family drama by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, dir…