Performances in N.Y.C. Five decades into her career, the Tony Award-winning actress and TV icon, making her Broadway directing debut, feels like “part of something ...

Director Phylicia Rashad (left) worked closely with playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (right) in creating his sophmore work, Purpose. Rashad first joined the production ahead of its premiere run in ...

Purpose centers a powerful Black political dynasty recovering from scandal. The play, deftly directed by Phylicia Rashad, chronicles a weekend with the Jaspers, a legendary family whose patriarch ...

Purpose is a family drama written Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Phylicia Rashad. The cast includes (from left to right) LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Glenn Davis, Kara Young and Jon Michael ...

NEW YORK — The first time Phylicia Rashad realized what she wanted to do with her life, she was making her way to the exit of a bustling auditorium. This was November 1959, in Houston ...

Purpose centers a powerful Black political dynasty recovering from scandal. The play, deftly directed by Phylicia Rashad, chronicles a weekend with the Jaspers, a legendary family whose patriarch ...

Director Phylicia Rashad (left) worked closely with playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (right) in creating his sophomore work, Purpose. Rashad first joined the production ahead of its premiere run ...