‘Topdog / Underdog’ returns to Broadway with Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Susan-Lori Parks Topdog / loserWinner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize on Broadway this fall on Broadway for his 20th anniversary with director Kenny Leon and the protagonist. in heightCorey Hawkins and The guardsYahya Abdul-Matin II.

A preview screening of the strictly limited 16-week engagement will begin Tuesday, September 27 at Broadway’s John Golden Theater. Production will officially open on Thursday 20 October.

Tickets will go on sale on Monday 20 June, the 10th day of National Independence Day in June.

Produced by David Stone, Lachens, Rashad W. Chambers, Mark Platt, Debra Martin Chase and the Schubert organization.

Hawkins and Abdul-Matin II will play the Lincoln brothers and Booth Parks respectively in Parks’ “Dark Comic Fable of Brotherly Love and Family Identity.” Topdog / loser It tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, who jokingly take the name of their father, obsessed with the past and their passion for a three-card Monte, a street scam.

“I’m so lucky that Big shot “He’s back on Broadway,” Parks said in a statement. “What a wonderful opportunity to share this work with a new audience. And alas, how many writers will be here on Broadway to revive their work? I am grateful and excited. And put on a show with Kenny, Yahya and Corey, that’s the dish, baby!

The show will include set design by Arnulfo Maldonado, costumes by Mother Aite, lighting design by Allen Lee Hughes and sound design by Justin Ellington.

Parks is the first black woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize for drama. In 2018, Topdog / loser Named “Best American Game of the Last 25 Years”. Ნ New York Times.

Hawkins, 2017 Tony nominee for Play at John Guare’s six degrees of separationBroadway debuted as Tibalt in David Levo’s revival Romeo and Juliet In front of Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad. He most recently played McDuffie in a Joel Cohen film. Macbeth tragedyAlong with Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand and Brendan Gleason, he also starred as Ben M. John M. Chu in the musical adaptation of the Tony Award-winning feature film Lynn-Manuel Miranda. in the heights. Other film credits include Directly from Compton, Subway 6, Georgetown Y black member of the KkKlan.

Abdul-Matin is best known for his Emmy-winning performance as Cal Abar / Dr. Manhattan on HBO. The guards. She recently starred in a Michael Bay movie. EmergencyOpposite Jake Gyllenhaal; The Resurrections of the Matrix; Y the candy man. He will then reprise the role of Black Manta. Aquaman and the lost kingdom.