Photos: CHICKEN & BISCUITS Company Celebrates Opening Night

Chicken & Biscuits is officially open at the Circle in the Square Theatre.

By: Oct. 11, 2021
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CHICKEN & BISCUITS, the new comedy written by Douglas Lyons and directed by Zhailon Levingston, made its Broadway debut just last night, October 10, at the Circle in the Square Theatre (235 West 50th Street.) The limited engagement runs through Sunday, January 2, 2022.

CHICKEN & BISCUITS features a dynamic ensemble cast, which on Broadway will include film & television actress Cleo King ("Mike & Molly," "Deadwood") in her Broadway debut as Baneatta Mabry, Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess, Da 5 Bloods) as Reginald Mabry, Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie (Torch Song, "Ugly Betty") as Logan, Broadway veteran NaTasha Yvette Williams (Waitress, Porgy and Bess) as Brianna Jenkins, and Devere Rogers (Up Here, "OK Boomer") in his Broadway debut as Kenny Mabry. Reprising their roles from the play's world premiere at Queens Theatre, and making their Broadway stage debuts, are Ebony Marshall-Oliver (Merry Wives of Windsor and Ain't No Mo' at Public Theater) as Beverly Jenkins, Aigner Mizzelle as La'trice Franklin, and Alana Raquel Bowers (What to Send Up When it Goes Down) as Simone Mabry. Joining the company as understudies are Dean Acree (Words, Razors and the Wounded), Jennifer Fouché (Chicago National Tour) as the Baneatta Mabry standby, Michael Genet (The Prom), Miles G. Jackson (Endlings) and Camille Upshaw ("That Damn Michael Che").

This dynamic ensemble cast leads a raucous family comedy so full of laughter and love, it'll leave you begging for seconds. The Jenkins family is coming together to celebrate the life of their father-hopefully without killing each other! But any hopes for a peaceful reunion unravel when a family secret shows up at the funeral. CHICKEN & BISCUITS had its world premiere on February 28, 2020 at Queens Theatre, but the engagement was cut short less than two weeks later, when the theater industry suspended operations due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Devere Rogers and Michael Urie

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Ebony Marshall-Oliver, Cleo King, Norm Lewis and cast

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Ebony Marshall-Oliver, Cleo King, Norm Lewis and cast

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Director Zhailon Levingston and Playwright Douglas Lyons

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NaTasha Yvette Williams

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The cast, Director Zhailon Levingston and Playwright Douglas Lyons

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Jennifer Fouche

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Jennifer Fouche

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Miles G Jackson

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Miles G Jackson and Jennifer Fouche

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Michael Urie

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Norm Lewis

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Norm Lewis

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Playwright Douglas Lyons

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Playwright Douglas Lyons

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NaTasha Yvette Williams

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NaTasha Yvette Williams and Norm Lewis

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Norm Lewis and Michael Urie

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Norm Lewis, NaTasha Yvette Williams and Michael Urie

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Dean Acree, Devere Rogers and Camille Upshaw

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Devere Rogers

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Alana Raquel Bowers, Michael Urie and Devere Rogers

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Devere Rogers and Michael Urie

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Ebony Marshall-Oliver

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Ebony Marshall-Oliver and Michael Urie

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Cleo King

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Aigner Mizzelle

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Norm Lewis and Giselle Byrd

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Michael Urie, Cleo King, Devere Rogers, Ebony Marshall-Oliver, Alana Raquel Bowers, Aigner Mizzelle, NaTasha Yvette Williams and Norm Lewis

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Michael Urie, Cleo King, Devere Rogers, Ebony Marshall-Oliver, Alana Raquel Bowers, Aigner Mizzelle, NaTasha Yvette Williams and Norm Lewis

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Michael Urie, Cleo King, Devere Rogers, Ebony Marshall-Oliver, Alana Raquel Bowers, Aigner Mizzelle, NaTasha Yvette Williams and Norm Lewis

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Ebony Marshall-Oliver and Cleo King

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Ebony Marshall-Oliver, Devere Rogers and Cleo King

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Michael Urie and N'kenge

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Antonio Cipriano Shereen Pimentel and Andrew Barth Feldman

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Jawan Jackson, Devere Rogers and Britton Smith

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Cody Renard Richard,Denise Manning and Nick Burroughs

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Cody Renard Richard,Paula Ayila, Denise Manning, Nick Burroughs and Leandra Gaston

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Aigner Mizzelle and Jennifer Fouche

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Shereen Pimentel, Andrew Barth Feldman, Antonio Cipriano and Producer Hunter Arnold

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Twi McCallum, Lawrence E. Moten III, Adam Honore, Dede Ayite, Nikiya Mathis - The Design Team for Chicken & Biscuits

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The Design Team for Chicken & Biscuits



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