Photos: JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE Cast Meets the Press

The cast is led by Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer."

By: Bruce Glikas Mar. 18, 2026 Updated Apr. 16, 2026

Directed by Golden Globe Award and four-time Emmy Award winner Debbie Allen, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is getting ready to begin performances on Broadway. The cast recently met the press, led by Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer”, who will soon lead the new production of August Wilson’s classic play. Check out photos from the press event at Planet Hollywood NYC below!

Previews begin on March 30 ahead of an opening night on April 25 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Set in 1911, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone takes place in a Pittsburgh boarding house run by the steady Seth and the open-hearted Bertha Holly—a refuge for Black travelers navigating the upheaval of the Great Migration. Among them is Herald Loomis, a man searching for his lost wife—and for the self he lost during seven years of illegal enslavement under Joe Turner.

As old wounds surface and spiritual forces awaken, Loomis’s journey becomes a powerful quest for identity, belonging, and healing. Around him, others seek connection, purpose, and a future shaped by more than pain. Through poetic dialogue and deeply human characters, August Wilson crafts a story of resilience and rebirth.

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas

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Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson

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Maya Boyd and Joshua Boone

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Taraji P. Henson and Director Debbie Allen

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Producer Kandi Burruss, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson and Producer Brian A. Moreland

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Cedric the Entertainer and Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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Abigail Onwunali, Producer Brian A. Moreland and Nimene Sierra Wureh

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Cedric the Entertainer, Maya Boyd, Nimene Sierra Wureh and Abigail Onwunali

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Cedric the Entertainer and Producer Brian A. Moreland

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Bradley Stryker and Tripp Taylor

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Director Debbie Allen and Irene Gandy

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Cedric the Entertainer and Director Debbie Allen

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Producer Kandi Burruss and Producer Brian A. Moreland

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Nimene Sierra Wureh and Abigail Onwunali

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Joshua Boone and Cedric the Entertainer

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Producer Kandi Burruss and Maya Boyd

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Director Debbie Allen, Tripp Taylor, Maya Boyd, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, Nimene Sierra Wureh, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Abigail C. Onwunali, Bradley Stryker, and Joshua Boone

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Director Debbie Allen, Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer

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Director Debbie Allen

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Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer

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Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer

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Cedric the Entertainer

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Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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Joshua Boone

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Director Debbie Allen, Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer

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Director Debbie Allen, Tripp Taylor, Maya Boyd, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, Nimene Sierra Wureh, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Abigail C. Onwunali, Bradley Stryker, and Joshua Boone

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Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer

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Director Debbie Allen, Producer Brian A. Moreland and the cast including Taraji P. Henson, Cedric "The Entertainer", Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Joshua Boone, Maya Boyd, Abigail Onwunali, Bradley Stryker, Tripp Taylor, Nimene Sierra Wureh, Savannah Commodore, Jackson Edward Davis, Jasmine Batchelor, Rosalyn Coleman, Thomas Michael Hammond, Cayden McCoy, Kevyn Morrow, Dominique Skye Turner and Christopher Woodley

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Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson

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Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson

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Taraji P. Henson

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Taraji P. Henson

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Taraji P. Henson

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Cedric the Entertainer

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Cedric the Entertainer

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Cedric the Entertainer

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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Director Debbie Allen

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Director Debbie Allen

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Joshua Boone

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Joshua Boone

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Maya Boyd

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Maya Boyd

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Abigail Onwunali

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Bradley Stryker

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Tripp Taylor

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Nimene Sierra Wureh

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Savannah Commodore

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Dominique Skye Turner

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Savannah Commodore and Dominique Skye Turner

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Rosalyn Coleman

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Jasmine Batchelor

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Kevyn Morrow

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Cayden McCoy

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Christopher Woodley

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Jackson Edward Davis

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Thomas Michael Hammond

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Producer Brian A. Moreland

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Producer Brian A. Moreland

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Producer Kandi Burruss

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Producer Kandi Burruss

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Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson

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