Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors David Buchanan and Sam Eckmann offer Tony Awards analysis.

Jenkins, now on Broadway under the direction of longtime actress Phylicia Rashad, explores the generational conflicts in the civil rights movement.

The older son, named for his father, is the more obviously wayward. Raised to uphold Solomon’s political legacy, Junior ...

"Purpose," a groundbreaking Broadway play directed by Phylicia Rashad, delves into Black political legacies and familial ...

Jenkins' family drama centered around a laugh-out-loud dinner from hell, opened at Second Stage's Hayes Theater on March 17.

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing ...

At first glance, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' new Broadway play Purpose bears a striking resemblance to Appropriate, his ...

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s latest offers another family battle royale, and Andrew Scott dazzles in a one-man tour de force.

Sam Eckmann: Since we've both seen Purpose, the new drama from Tony-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, I think it's time we assess how it might fit into the race. The play follows an ...

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' latest play, starring LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Kara Young, observes a powerful Black family during a chaotic birthday weekend in Chicago. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts ...