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| Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer |
August Wilson's
Joe Turner's Come and Gone will return to Broadway next spring at a Shubert theater to be announced. Golden Globe winner and Tony, Oscar and Emmy nominee Taraji P. Henson (Netflix's
Straw) and 6-time NAACP Image winner Cedric the Entertainer will star as Bertha and Seth Holly, the owners of a boarding-house in 1911 Pittsburgh. Bertha and Seth host numerous guests including the mysterious Herald Loomis who is searching for his wife from whom he was separated during slavery. Emmy and Golden Globe winner and Tony nominee Debbie Allen will direct. Henson was a producer of
Jaja's African Hair Braiding and
Joe Turner marks her Broadway acting debut. Cedric the Entertainer was last seen on Broadway in
American Buffalo in 2008. Further casting will be announced at a later date.
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Ed Hall and Bo Rucker in
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1988)
Credit: Joan Marcus |
Joe Turner opened on Broadway in 1988 and ran for 108 performances. It was nominated for 5 Tony Awards (winning one for L. Scott Caldwell's featured performance as Bertha) and won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Lincoln Center Theater presented a revival in 2009 which ran for 69 performances and was nominated for 6 Tony Awards, winning for Roger Robinson's featured performance as Bynum and Brian MacDevitt's lighting.
