Suzan-Lori Parks’ ‘Topdog/Underdog’ winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, will return to Broadway this fall in a 20th anniversary production directed by Kenny Leon and starring ‘In The Heights’ Corey Hawkins and Watchmen’s Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
The strictly limited 16-week engagement will begin previews on Tuesday, September 27 at Broadway’s John Golden Theatre. The production will officially open on Thursday, October 20.The production is being produced by David Stone, LaChanze, Rashad V. Chambers, Marc Platt, Debra Martin Chase, and the Shubert Organization.
Hawkins and Abdul-Mateen II will play brothers Lincoln and Booth, respectively, in Parks’ “darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity.”tells the story of the two brothers Lincoln and Booth – named as a joke by their father – who are haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three-card monte.is back on Broadway,” said Parks in a statement. “What a beautiful opportunity to share this work with new audiences.
The production will feature scenic design by Arnulfo Maldonado, costume design by Dede Ayite, lighting design by Allen Lee Hughes, and sound design by Justin Ellington. Parks is the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 2018, the play was named “The Greatest American Play of the Past 25 Years” by The New York Times., made his Broadway debut as Tybalt in David Leveaux’s revival ofopposite Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad. He recently portrayed Macduff in Joel Coen’s, opposite Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, and Brendan Gleeson, and also starred as Benny in Jon M.