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Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of The New Group's BLACK NO MORE

Black No More will play through February 27, 2022 at The Pershing Square Signature Center.

By: Feb. 16, 2022
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The New Group's just celebrated opening night of Black No More, featuring Leanne Antonio, Rhaamell Burke-Missouri, Elijah A. Carter, Jennifer Damiano, Brandon Victor Dixon, Ryan Fitzgerald, Gaelen Gilliland, Polanco Jones Jr., Zachary Daniel Jones, Tamika Lawrence, Sarah Meahl, Howard McGillin, Mary Page Nance, Oneika Phillips, Nicholas Ranauro, Malaiyka Reid, Mars Rucker, Angela M. Sauers, Tracy Shayne, Theo Stockman, Ephraim Sykes, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Akron Watson, Nyla Watson, Edward Watts and Lillias White.

Black No More, a new musical inspired by George S. Schuyler's Afrofuturist novel set during the Harlem Renaissance, is the story of Max Disher (Brandon Victor Dixon), who's eager to try the mysterious machine invented by Dr. Junius Crookman (Tariq Trotter) that guarantees to "solve the American race problem" -by turning Black people white. With Book by Academy Award winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave); Lyrics by two-time Grammy Award winner Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter (The Roots); Music by Tariq Trotter, Anthony Tidd, James Poyser and Tony Award winner Daryl Waters (Memphis); Choreography by two-time Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones (Spring Awakening and Fela!), and directed by The New Group's founding Artistic Director Scott Elliott, Black No More is one Black man's journey colliding with truths of race and identity.

A strictly limited engagement will play through February 27, 2022 at The Pershing Square Signature Center (The Irene Diamond Stage, 480 West 42nd Street). The complete performance schedule and tickets are available at thenewgroup.org.

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas

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Signage at The Pershing Square Signature Center

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Sarah Meahl

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Sarah Meahl

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Nicholas Ranauro

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Nicholas Ranauro

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Jennifer Damiano

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Jennifer Damiano

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Edward Watts

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Edward Watts

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Edward Watts and Sarah Meahl

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Leanne Antonio

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Leanne Antonio

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Mars Rucker

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Mars Rucker

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Rhaamell Burke-Missouri

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Rhaamell Burke-Missouri

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Tamika Lawrence

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Tamika Lawrence

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Theo Stockman

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Theo Stockman

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Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought

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Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought

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Ephraim Sykes

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Ephraim Sykes

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Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought and Ephraim Sykes

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Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought and Ephraim Sykes

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Tracy Shayne

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Tracy Shayne

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Tracy Shayne and Edward Watts

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Tracy Shayne and Jennifer Damiano

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Malaiyka Reid

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Malaiyka Reid

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Elijah A. Carter

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Elijah A. Carter

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Oneika Phillips

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Oneika Phillips

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Howard McGillin, Tracy Shayne, Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought, Jennifer Damiano, Tamika Lawrence and Theo Stockman

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Howard McGillin

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Howard McGillin

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Angela M. Sauers

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Angela M. Sauers

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Mary Page Nance

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Mary Page Nance

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Jennifer Damiano and Mary Page Nance

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Gaelen Gilliland

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Gaelen Gilliland

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Gaelen Gilliland and Oneika Phillips

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Zachary Daniel Jones

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Zachary Daniel Jones

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Polanco Jones Jr

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Polanco Jones Jr

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Polanco Jones Jr and Mary Page Nance

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Leanne Antonio, Ephraim Sykes and Oneika Phillips

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Ryan Fitzgerald and Jennifer Damiano

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Ryan Fitzgerald

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Ryan Fitzgerald

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Ryan Fitzgerald, Angela M. Sauers, Rhaamell Burke-Missouri and Malaiyka Reid

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Mars Rucker, Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought and Oneika Phillips

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Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought and Oneika Phillips

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Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought

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Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought

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Daryl Waters and Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought

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Daryl Waters

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Elijah A. Carter, Howard McGillin, Zachary Daniel Jones and Ryan Fitzgerald

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Elijah A. Carter, Howard McGillin, Oneika Phillips, Zachary Daniel Jones, Ryan Fitzgerald and Mary Page Nance

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Polanco Jones Jr and Sarah Meahl

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Lillias White

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Lillias White

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Gaelen Gilliland, Lillias White and Ryan Fitzgerald

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The Sound Design Team with Nevin Steinberg

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Nyla Watson and Lillias White

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Lillias White and Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought

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Lillias White, Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought and Oneika Phillips

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Howard McGillin, Lillias White and Jennifer Damiano

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Elijah A. Carter, Lillias White and Polanco Jones Jr

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Mary Nance Page and Gaelen Gilliland

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Polanco Jones Jr and Nicholas Ranauro

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Zachary Daniel Jones, Mary Nance Page, Nicholas Ranauro and Ryan Fitzgerald

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Nicholas Ranauro and Sarah Meahl

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Angela M. Sauers and Polanco Jones Jr

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Members of The Cast and Creative Team of "Black No More"

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Lillias White and Brandon Victor Dixon

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Brandon Victor Dixon and Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought

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Brandon Victor Dixon and Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought

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Brandon Victor Dixon, Monet and Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought

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Brandon Victor Dixon

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Brandon Victor Dixon

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Monet

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Monet, Zane Mark and Nina Marie Ward

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Zane Mark

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Akron Watson

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Akron Watson

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Akron Watson and Oneika Phillips

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The "Black No More" Band and Zane Mark

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Crystal Joy and Zane Mark

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Crystal Joy and Zane Mark

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John Ridley and John Ridley Jr

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Bill T. Jones

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Bill T. Jones

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John Ridley and wife Gayle Ridley

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John Ridley

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Teri Christakos and John Wojda

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Michael Zegen

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Michael Zegen

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Joel Perez

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Joel Perez

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Matthew Murphy and Ryan Scott Oliver

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Jeff Croiter and Derek McLane

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Cynthia Nixon

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Cynthia Nixon

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Michelle Trotter

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Justice Moore

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Justice Moore

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Monet and Antonio Brown

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Monet and Antonio Brown

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Daniel J. Watts

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Daniel J. Watts

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Erica Schmidt

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Erica Schmidt

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Lorenzo Pisoni and Erica Schmidt

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Adam Chanler-Berat

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Adam Chanler-Berat

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Qween Jean

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