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Photos: Stars Walk the Red Carpet on Opening Night of TOPDOG/UNDERDOG

Topdog/Underdog is now running on Broadway at the Golden Theatre.

By: Oct. 21, 2022
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The Golden Theatre was the place to be last night as Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog officially opened on Broadway. Directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon, it stars Emmy Award-winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen, Candyman) and Tony Award-nominee Corey Hawkins (In the Heights, The Tragedy of Macbeth).

BroadwayWorld was there for the star-studded red carpet arrivals!

Suzan-Lori Parks' TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln (Hawkins) and Booth (Abdul-Mateen II), names given to them as a joke by their father. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three-card monte, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their history.

Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog features scenic design by Arnulfo Maldonado, costume design by Dede Ayite, lighting design by Allen Lee Hughes, and sound design by Justin Ellington. Casting is by Calleri Jensen Davis. Kamra A. Jacobs is the Production Stage Manager. The production is being produced by David Stone, LaChanze, Rashad V. Chambers, Marc Platt, Debra Martin Chase, and The Shubert Organization

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas

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Spike Lee, Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and Director Kenny Leon

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Spike Lee

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Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner

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Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner

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Deborah Roberts and Al Roker

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Deborah Roberts and Al Roker

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Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks

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Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks

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Christian Konopka, Durham and Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks

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Christian Konopka, Durham and Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks

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Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and Director Kenny Leon

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Leon and Director Kenny Leon

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Leon, Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and Director Kenny Leon

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Lorraine Toussaint

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Lorraine Toussaint

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Laya DeLeon Hayes

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Laya DeLeon Hayes

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Tory Kittles

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Lorraine Toussaint, Tory Kittles and Producer Debra Martin Chase

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Producer La Chanze, Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, Producer Rashad V Chambers, Producer Debra Martin Chase and Director Kenny Leon

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Producer La Chanze

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Producer La Chanze

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Producer La Chanze

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Celia Rose Gooding

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Celia Rose Gooding

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Producer La Chanze and Celia Rose Gooding

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Producer La Chanze and Celia Rose Gooding

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Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, son Durham and Spike Lee

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Kimber Elayne Sprawl

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Kimber Elayne Sprawl

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Kimber Elayne Sprawl and Diana DiMenna

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Carmen Ruby Floyd and J. Bernard Calloway

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Carmen Ruby Floyd and J. Bernard Calloway

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Glenn Davis

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Glenn Davis and Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks

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Tamara Tunie

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Tamara Tunie

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Lileana Blain-Cruz

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Lileana Blain-Cruz

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Lynn Nottage

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Lynn Nottage

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Richie Ridge

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George Faison

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Leon

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Leon

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Rashid Johnson

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Patrick Oyeku and Amirah Vann

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Amirah Vann

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Susan Essman

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Spike Lee and Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks

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Spike Lee and Teyonah Parris

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Teyonah Parris

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Britton Smith

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Britton Smith and Director Kenny Leon

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Britton Smith

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Ato Blankson-Wood

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Ato Blankson-Wood

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Danielle Moné Truitt

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Stephen Byrd and Spike Lee

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Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and Alysia Reiner

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Alysia Reiner

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Alysia Reiner

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Producer Rashad V Chambers

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Producer Rashad V Chambers

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Sheinelle Jones

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Laurie Eustis and Oskar Eustis




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