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Topdog/Underdog

Topdog/Underdog

by Suzan-Lori Parks

Award-Winning
Critically-Acclaimed
Drama
One or Two Person Shows
Black Playwright or Creator
Written by a Woman

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Topdog/Underdog

Topdog/Underdog





Suzan Lori-Park's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.


Story:

A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks' latest riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.


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Playwright

Playwright
Suzan-Lori Parks



Broadway Premiere

Theatre
Ambassador Theatre
Opening Night
Apr 7, 2002
Total Performances
144
Original Cast
Mos Def, Jeffrey Wright
Director
George C. Wolfe
Producer
Carole Shorenstein Hays, Waxman / Williams Entertainment, Bob Boyett, Freddy DeMann, Susan Dietz, Ina Lea Meibach, Scott Nederlander and Ira Pittelman
Scenic Design
Riccardo Hernández
Costume Design
Emilio Sosa
Lighting Design
Scott Zielinski
Sound Design
Dan Moses Schreier

2022 Broadway Revival

Theatre
John Golden Theatre
Opening Night
October 20, 2022
Total Performances
93
Original Cast
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Corey Hawkins
Director
Kenny Leon
Producer
David Stone, LaChanze, Rashad V. Chambers, Marc Platt, Debra Martin Chase, the Shubert Organization
Scenic Design
Arnulfo Maldonado
Costume Design
Dede Ayite
Lighting Design
Allen Lee Hughes
Sound Design
Justin Ellington



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Music from the Original Broadway Production


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2023 Tony Awards

Best Revival of a Play
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play - Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play - Corey Hawkins

2023 Drama League Award Nominations

Outstanding Revival of a Play
Outstanding Direction of a Play
Distinguished Performance Award - Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Distinguished Performance Award - Corey Hawkins

2023 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding Revival of a Play (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play - Corey Hawkins
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
Outstanding Director of a Play

2023 Theatre World Awards

Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance - Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

2002 Pulitzer Prize Nominations

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

2002 Tony Award Nominations

Best Play
Best Actor In Play - Jeffrey Wright

2002 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding New Play
Outstanding Actor In A Play - Jeffrey Wright

2002 Theatre World Award Nominations

Mos Def

2002 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding Director of a Play

2001 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations

Outstanding John Glassner Award - Suzan Lori-Parks
Outstanding Special Achievement Award - Jeffrey Wright
Outstanding Special Achievement Award - Mos Def

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