Michael Eric Dyson Instagram – “Top dog, Underdog” is a play I saw on Broadway years ago that stills linger in my mind when talking about the friendship between Black men. That’s why I’m thrilled that it is coming back on stage this September. Read👇🏽from @marcia_l_dyson
“If you’ve ever hoped to see Corey Hawkins and/or Yahya Abdul-Mateen II doing their thing up close and personal, you’ll soon have your chance.
The two actors will star in the Broadway return of Topdog/Underdog this fall in a very limited, 16-week run. The Pulitzer winning drama by Suzan-Lori Parks first hit the stages of off-Broadway in 2001. The following year, it found its home at Broadway’s Ambassador Theater where it ran for four months.
The original production was also a star-studded event that featured Don Cheadle (who would later step down and be replaced by Mos Def) and Jeffrey Wright.
The dark comedy centers around two brothers named Lincoln (Hawkins) and Booth (Abdul-Mateen II) who are forced to live together after Lincoln is tossed out by his wife. The duo struggles to make ends meet with their degrading jobs, leading each one towards getting back into the high-risk-high-reward street game, three-card monte. Throughout the production, each brother must face-down his inner demons and come to terms with his life as it stands in the present.
David Stone, LaChanze, Rashad V. Chambers, Marc Platt, Debra Martin Chase, and the Shubert Organization are the producers.”
The limited theatrical event will land on stage at the John Golden Theatre beginning on September 27.” Britta DeVore
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