Tarell Alvin McCraney is best known for his acclaimed trilogy, The Brother/Sister Plays which includes The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet. Other plays include Head of Passes, Choir Boy and Wig Out! Tarell's script, In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, is the basis for the Oscar-winning film Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins, for which McCraney and Jenkins also won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. Tarell is currently working on an original scripted TV series for Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network, produced by Michael B. Jordan and Page Fright Productions.
Tarell Alvin McCraney, Choir Boy
Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre has revealed the productions for the 56th season. Learn about the shows and see how to purchase tickets.
The Dramatists Guild previously announced that playwright Christopher Durang will receive a Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s ceremony. He will be joined by two additional recipients, George C. Wolfe and Emily Mann.
What did our critic think of CHOIR BOY at The Studio Theatre? Relevant. Mindful. Heartbreaking. Boundary-pushing. Powerful. Making its regional debut in Arkansas, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s CHOIR BOY at The Studio Theatre, 320 W 7th St, in Little Rock, is all of these things and more......so much more.
Williamstown Theatre Festival has named Beth Hyland as the recipient of the 2024 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award for her play SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA. Learn more about Hyland!
Check out photos from opening night of Purpose at Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Vineyard Theatre has announced its Spring Reading Series, featuring works in progress from New York's fearless creatives.
Geffen Playhouse has announced six productions that will make up the 2024/2025 season lineup, marking the inaugural season from Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, under the leadership of Artistic Directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis and Executive Director Brooke Flanagan, has announced its 2024/25 Season, featuring several Chicago and world premieres.
McCarter Theatre Center has announced the cast for the revival of the Tony and Grammy award-winning DREAMGIRLS. Learn more here!
Watch playwright a.k. payne share their experience bringing FURLOUGH'S PARADISE to life at the Alliance Theatre and what the Alliance/Kendeda Program means for upcoming playwrights in the video here!
The world premiere of Kristen Adele Calhoun’s Black Cypress Bayou has already begun at the Geffen Playhouse. Tiffany Nichole Greene directs the cast of: Amber Chardae Robinson, Brandee Evans, Angela Lewis and Kimberly Scott. After a successful opening weekend, Kristen managed to find some time to answer a few of my queries.
After 34 years as artistic director, Fountain Theatre co-founder Stephen Sachs has announced his retirement at the end of 2024.
Signature Theatre has revealed the cast of Spotlight Resident Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando, adapted from Virginia Woolf’s novel and directed by Will Davis.
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced the lineup for the 2024 Ted Snowdon Reading Series.
Get a first look at Alliance Theatre's FURLOUGH’S PARADISE, which follows Cousins Sade and Mina, raised like sisters but now leading very different lives, as they return to their childhood town for a funeral.
World Stage Theatre Company's sixth season continues with Choir Boy by Tarrell Alvin McCraney, now opening April 4 at Liddy Doenges Theatre.
Yale Repertory Theatre will continue its 2023–24 Season with Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill, directed by Liz Diamond.
The Acting Company has revealed the cast for their reading of Hamlet. See the full cast and learn how to purchase tickets!
The Public Theater has revealed the complete cast for the New York premiere of SALLY & TOM, a bold new dramedy written by Pulitzer Prize winner and Public Theater Writer-in-Residence Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III.
Get a first look at footage of Dreamgirls at McCarter Theatre Center. Learn how to purchase tickets!
Tarell Alvin McCraney has not appeared on Broadway.
Tarell Alvin McCraney has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Tarell Alvin McCraney's first West End show was Wig Out! which opened in 2017
Tarell Alvin McCraney has been nominated for Best Play at the Tony Awards for Choir Boy.
Tarell Alvin McCraney has written 7 shows including The Brothers Size (Playwright), Wig Out! (Author), The Brother/Sister Plays Part 1: In The Red and Brown Water (Playwright), The Brother/Sister Plays Part 2: The Brothers Size and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (Playwright), The Brother/Sister Plays (Playwright), Choir Boy (Playwright), Head of Passes (Playwright).
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