Mos Def as Booth, Jeffrey Wright as Lincoln in Topdog/Underdog 2002 The original Broadway production opened on April 7th, 2002 starring Jeffrey Wright as Lincoln and Mos Def as Booth. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three-card monte, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their history. Suzan-Lori Parks’ TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln (Hawkins) and Booth (Abdul-Mateen II), names given to them as a joke by their father. Chambers, Marc Platt, Debra Martin Chase, and the Shubert Organization. The production is being produced by David Stone, LaChanze, Rashad V. Tickets will go on sale at on Monday, June 20th, Juneteenth National Independence Day. The production will officially open on Thursday, October 20th. The strictly limited 16-week engagement will begin previews on Tuesday, September 27th at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). Suzan-Lori Parks Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, will return to Broadway this Fall in a 20th Anniversary Production, directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon and starring Tony Award-nominee Corey Hawkins (In the Heights, The Tragedy of Macbeth) and Emmy Award-winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen, Candyman) as brothers Lincoln and Booth.
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