![]() ![]() “It feels right that we’re celebrating theater, especially at a time right now, because of what it can do and how it can heal…and shed light on so many different things. The Greatest American play since Angels in America -New York Times A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity. “Having made my Broadway debut this season, it’s really thrilling to be a part of the return, the comeback,” Lucas-Perry said as the room attendance quickly dissipated with people making their way into the main room for lunch. Kara Young and Betsy Wolfe Photographs from Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for Tony Awards ProductionsĪs it neared 12:30 p.m., across the bar and toward the back of the actor-filled room, Pierce recalled his first go-to audition monologue, the role Duke of Clarence from Shakespeare’s Richard III. As the actor impressively recited a segment of the Shakespearean prose, pretty much word for word, while being praised by Piano Lesson director LaTanya Richardson Jackson, chimes echoed throughout the room signaling to the guests that the cocktail portion of the event was coming to an end. Suzan-Lori Parks’ TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln (Hawkins) and Booth (Abdul-Mateen II), names given to them as a joke by their father. ![]()
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