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Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company woke up Thursday morning to boffo Tony Award news as plaudits landed on its world premiere production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drama, “Purpose,” a ...
NEW YORK — “Purpose,” a drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins that was commissioned and first produced by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, has won the Tony Award for best play in an awards ...
Brenda Pressley will take her first bow as Claudine Jasper in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of PURPOSE tomorrow, ...
Jenkins’ Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Purpose on July 15. She takes over the role of matriarch Claudine Jasper, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The best new play trophy at Sunday's Tony Awards went to "Purpose," Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family exposing hypocrisy and pressures ...
WBBM’s Carolina Garibay recaps the 2025 Tony Awards, where the Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of “Purpose” won two awards after premiering in Chicago in 2024.
Tony Awards announced its 2025–2026 Nominating Committee, including BD Wong, Bob Balaban, Jordan E. Cooper, and more.
Home Awards News Tony Award Winners: ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Takes Best Musical & Five Others; ‘Purpose’ Best Play; Scherzinger, Criss, Snook & Escola Get Lead Acting Prizes – Full List ...
The best new play trophy at Sunday's Tony Awards went to “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family exposing hypocrisy and pressures during a ...
The best new play award went to “Purpose,”Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family that exposes ...
Details on the 2025 Tony Awards' pre-show and main ceremony, which can be watched on broadcast, cable and a streaming platform, with the right kind of subscription.
Kara Young is on a roll. Four Broadway shows in four years, with Tony nominations for each of those performances, she's one of two actresses to have achieved the feat of four consecutive nominations.