Marketed as a "provocative riff on 'Waiting for Godot' and 'The Exodus,'" the play adds another feather to the cap of Tim Rhoze, artistic director of Fleetwood-Jourdain and director of the p…
Vin Shambry: Peeling the 'Pass Over' onion Bobby BermeaAntoinette Nwandu's play, a co-production of Corrib Theatre and Historic Alberta House, holds a fascinating conversation between Black …
By ALAN SMASON, WYES Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") Playwright Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu has said the concept of Pass Over is similar to that of Beckett's Waiting for Godot and that it was…
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Pass Over, the first Broadway show to begin performances since the start of the pandemic, took its first bow at the August Wilson Theatre tonight, heralding …
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater presents Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu, directed by Danya Taymor. The cast includes, Gabriel Ebert, Jon Mic…
Nowadays it seems that it's the fringe and Off-West End venues that are keeping the spirit of international theatre alive in London. Whereas much mainstream big-name theatre feels increasing…
Arcola theatre, LondonThis nimble play sets up a shocking scenario yet somehow it slaloms along " thanks to some Pirandellian trickery and three cheerful ghosts On a raised disc bristling wi…
This is one of those 75-minute plays where you have to remind yourself to breathe.
Antoinette Nwandu's groundbreaking drama about young Black men looking for a way out will follow 'Every Brilliant Thing,' 'Twelfth Night,' and 'Thrive.'
Eddie Ewell (left) is Moses, LeRoy S. Graham III (center) is Kitch, and Adam Roy is Mister in Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's Pass Over at Marin Theatre Company. BELOW: Ewell's Moses transcends…
Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's play, part of a wave of works by Black writers on Broadway last year, is penetrating in insight.
In this special edition of Off Book: The Black Theatre Podcast your host, Drew Shade, sits down with
It was the first new play to open on Broadway after the COVID-19 shutdown.
 I went to see a show this week. There was a time when that wouldn't have been a remarkable statement. I routinely saw 150 shows a year and shared my thoughts about many of them her…
Sponsored by REALEMN Productions, In this special edition of Off Book: The Black Theatre Podcast your host, Drew Shade, sits down with leading men, Jon Michael Hill & Namir Smallwood of …
Language plays a significant role in "Pass Over," the play by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu, whether through repetition, ambiguity or cultural references. It begins with the title referring to …
As soon as the curtain rises on PASS OVER, we immediately have two questions. What is there at the bottom...Continue Reading The post PASS OVER: Hardly a Religious Ceremony appeared first on…
The spartan set design by Wilson Chin features a large tin can, a tall streetlamp, a very large tire, a milk crate, and a high basketball net. The first two actors, Jon Michael Hill (as Mose…
After an introduction by Jelani Aladdin, Nwandu Antoinette speaks about her play "Pass Over" to the crowd on the Curtain Up Broadway concert finale, September 19, 2021
In Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's most recent iteration of "Pass Over," two "brothers" Moses (Jon Michael Hill) and Kitch (Namir Smallwood) engage in an interminable exchange of escapist fanta…
A playwright with a powerful voice and a director of taste and imagination have joined forces to end the 18 month drought on Broadway of plays, musicals, revues, and other forms of live enli…
Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's Pass Over celebrated its opening night on September 12. Although the play moved up its opening night date to August 22, the production celebrated the origi…
The reviews came out weeks ago, so Sunday was a night to party.
Going to see this production at the August Wilson Theatre on September 11 " a day of remembrance was eerily strange. It was a beautiful day. PASS OVER was to be my first show since m…