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‘Appropriate’ Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sets Next Broadway Show, ‘Purpose,’ Directed by Phylicia Rashad
"Purpose," a new show from "Appropriate" playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, will open on Broadway in the spring of 2025.
Billed as an “epic family drama,” the story follows the influential Jaspers, who have been a pillar of Black American politics — civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen — for decades. Chicago Tribune’s theater critic Chris Jones called the play “absolutely not-to-be-missed,” writing that “Purpose” is “a brilliant moralistic satire, which sounds deadly but not with a writer who prizes agency, currency and, thank god, ambiguity.” Producers on “Purpose” include David Stone, Debra Martin Chase, Marc Platt, LaChanze, Rashad Chambers, Aaron Glick and Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
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