Articles about Purpose
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"Purpose," a groundbreaking Broadway play directed by Phylicia Rashad, delves into Black political legacies and familial secrets through the ...
Kara Young is blessed with the ability to jumpstart a scene the moment she steps on stage. This small but mighty actress manages to simultaneously disappear into a role while commanding the …
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins finds his 'Purpose' on Broadway. A year after speaking with New York Theatre Guide about his Tony Award-winning play ...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' newest Broadway offering, Purpose, now at the Helen Hayes Theatre, is a bold, blistering, and intricately layered drama that unpacks the burden of legacy and the gene…
Whoopi Goldberg recently paid a visit to the Hayes Theatre, home of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' new play Purpose. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos here!
Good theater can heal, as proven by the daily dose of theater openings last week " four shows on Broadway, several Off Broadway and beyond " many ...
The stars came out to celebrate Monday at the Hayes Theatre, where Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's new play Purpose celebrated its opening night.
The stars came out to celebrate Monday at the Hayes Theatre, where Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's new play Purpose celebrated its opening night. Watch in this video as we take you inside the openi…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors David Buchanan and Sam Eckmann offer Tony Awards analysis. This week we take you inside the Hayes Theatre to discuss one…
Five decades into her career, the Tony Award-winning actress and TV icon, making her Broadway directing debut, feels like "part of something ...
Good theater can heal, as proven by the daily dose of theater openings last week " four shows on Broadway, several Off Broadway and beyond " many of them restorative. Ok, some were not. But …
Five decades into her career, the Tony Award-winning actress and TV icon, making her Broadway directing debut, feels like "part of something bigger."
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins tackles the Great American Play. Loren Noveck reviews.
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By Samuel L. Leiter
March 22, 2025. Family dramas are theatrical staples, especially the kind where relatives gather from far and wide for some unifying function, like a holiday, death, or …
HERE'S A BROADWAY SUCCESS THAT ALSO BRIMS WITH PURPOSE Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' doesn't just expose the cracks in a so-called perfect life"he shines a floodlight on them. Except for a few seq…
It's been a busy week on (and off) Broadway! 2025 has officially arrived and the second half of the 2024-25 Broadway season is very much underway. Catch up on all the latest from the week en…
"Purpose" is a sprawling tale that collects plot points like a dark cashmere coat collects lint.... Jacobs-Jenkins has pulled back the curtain on more than just one family. Â The finger po…
At LEDucation 2025, TMB proudly celebrated the second anniversary of its expanded FloppyFlex product line, offering special-purpose solutions as part of its widely recognized and successful …
Purpose, a new family drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins with more laughs than a drawing-room comedy, opened on March 17 at Second Stage's Hayes Theater. The ensemble play is directed by Phy…
Go inside PURPOSE's starry opening night with Tony® winners playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and director Phylicia Rashad, and star LaTanya Richardson Jackson.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's latest offers another family battle royale, and Andrew Scott dazzles in a one-man tour de force.
Last season, the playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins had a Broadway hit at Second Stage's Hayes Theatre with his Tony Award-winning "Appropriate," a ...
'Purpose' Review: In Broadway Directorial Debut, Phylicia Rashad Deftly Teases Out Caustic Portrait of Black Political Dynasty. Branden Jacobs ...
Fresh off its official Broadway opening at the Hayes Theater, watch this teaser of the new play. The Broadway cast of Purpose features two-time Tony ...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' latest play, starring LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Kara Young, observes a powerful Black family during a chaotic birthday weekend in Chicago.
