Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald’s beforehand introduced return to Broadway in “Ohio State Murders” now has a gap date confirmed: previews for the restricted engagement will start November 11, with the official opening set for December 8. Penned by playwright Adrienne Kennedy, it will likely be the primary manufacturing to be held on the newly re-named and renovated James Earl Jones Theatre (previously the Cort Theatre).
In keeping with Playbill, McDonald will painting Suzanne Alexander, a author who “returns to her alma mater as a visitor speaker to discover the violence in her works, and a darkish thriller unravels.” The supply provides, “the suspense play additionally presents a have a look at the destructiveness of racism in our society.”
Kennedy, finest identified for her Obie award successful performs “Funnyhouse of a Negro” and “June and Jean in Live performance,” is — at 91 — making her Broadway playwriting debut with the manufacturing.
Stated McDonald, “I’m honored and humbled to be a part of Adrienne Kennedy’s long-overdue Broadway debut within the newly devoted James Earl Jones Theatre with [director] Kenny Leon. This timeless play has a robust resonance and relevance right this moment, and we will’t wait to share it with the world.”
McDonald and Leon beforehand labored collectively on a digital studying of the play, aired as a part of Broadway’s Finest Reveals’ Highlight on Performs collection in 2021.
McDonald’s final Broadway look was a 2019 revival of “Frankie and Johnny within the Clair de Lune.” Lately she has additionally performed collection common roles on TV’s “The Good Struggle” and “The Gilded Age.”
Supply: Women And Hollywood
