Taraji P. Henson will make her Broadway debut in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone subsequent spring alongside Cedric the Entertainer.

Taraji P. Henson is stepping onto Broadway for the primary time subsequent spring alongside Cedric the Entertainer in a revival of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, a robust drama by the late August Wilson that will probably be staged at a Shubert theater in New York.

The Hidden Figures star will painting Bertha Holly, a boarding home matriarch in 1911 Pittsburgh, whereas Cedric takes on the position of her husband, Seth.

The manufacturing, helmed by Debbie Allen and produced by Brian Anthony Moreland, marks Henson’s Broadway debut. Cedric beforehand appeared on Broadway in 2008’s American Buffalo.

The play, a part of Wilson’s ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle, examines the lives of African Individuals in the course of the Nice Migration. Its themes of displacement, identification and resilience stay well timed greater than a century after its setting.

Producer Brian Anthony Moreland referred to as the chance to revisit Wilson’s work a privilege.

“We’re really honored to return to August Wilson’s legacy,” he mentioned. “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is Wilson’s seminal masterpiece — an unflinching exploration of ache, identification, and hope.”

Moreland added, “With Debbie Allen’s visionary route and this extraordinary forged, your entire firm will current a efficiency that resonates deeply and lingers within the hearts and minds of all who expertise it.”

Moreland’s current credit embody The Piano Lesson, which starred Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Brooks, in addition to a staging of Othello that includes Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal.

The revival is ready to open in spring 2025, with the precise Shubert venue to be introduced.

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