Billy Eugene Jones
Broadway credits: Purlie Victorious, Fat Ham, Our Town, A Soldier’s Play, The Book of Mormon, A Raisin in the Sun, The Trip to Bountiful, The Big Knife, The Mountaintop, Passing Strange, Radio Golf, and Gem of the Ocean. Off-Broadway credits include Fat Ham (Public Theater/[Obie Award]) On Sugarland (NYTW/ [Obie Award, Audelco Award for best actor, Drama Desk Nomination for best actor]), Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Manhattan Theater Club), Much Ado About Nothing (NYSF), Pitbulls (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), TheJammer (Atlantic Theatre Company), In the Footprint (The Civilians), WaitingforGodot, and Three Sisters (Classical Theatre of Harlem).
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Broadway credits: Purlie Victorious, Fat Ham, Our Town, A Soldier’s Play, The Book of Mormon, A Raisin in the Sun, The Trip to Bountiful, The Big Knife, The Mountaintop, Passing Strange, Radio Golf, and Gem of the Ocean. Off-Broadway credits include Fat Ham (Public Theater/[Obie Award]) On Sugarland (NYTW/ [Obie Award, Audelco Award for best actor, Drama Desk Nomination for best actor]), Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Manhattan Theater Club), Much Ado About Nothing (NYSF), Pitbulls (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), TheJammer (Atlantic Theatre Company), In the Footprint (The Civilians), WaitingforGodot, and Three Sisters (Classical Theatre of Harlem). Regional; Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep,The Goodman, Huntington Theatre Company, CalShakes, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Geffen, Alliance Theatre, Hartford Stage, and numerous productions at The Dallas Theater Center. Billy is a graduate of Yale School of Drama.
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Videos
Video: Andrew McCarthy, David Krumholtz and More in ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2026-06-09 14:02:12
Video: Watch the Final Curtain Call for INHERIT THE WIND at the Arena Stage
by Gillian Blum - 2026-04-05 20:32:51
Video: Katie Holmes Surprises Zoey Deutch on GMA with OUR TOWN Question
by Josh Sharpe - 2024-12-09 12:34:37
Video: Watch an All New Montage of PURLIE VICTORIOUS on Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2023-12-28 14:04:02
Video: Leslie Odom Jr. Shares His Daughter's Reaction to PURLIE VICTORIOUS on FALLON
by Michael Major - 2023-10-13 10:15:19
Video: Stars Walk the Red Carpet on Opening Night of PURLE VICTORIOUS
by Red Carpet - 2023-10-12 15:22:50
Video: Leslie Odom Jr. Shares Why PURLIE VICTORIOUS Is a 'Very Rare Piece'
by Michael Major - 2023-09-27 11:34:41
Video: What is PURLIE VICTORIOUS All About? The Cast Explains!
by Nicole Rosky - 2023-08-13 16:00:20
Photos & Video: Colman Domingo Hosts FAT HAM 'Juicy Disco'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2023-04-05 17:26:54
Video: The Company of FAT HAM Talks Bringing the Play to Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2023-03-06 12:00:20
Video: Chris Myers Talks MTC's WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2022-11-02 09:18:48
News
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 9, 2026
Last night, Lincoln Center Theater marked a landmark moment as they celebrated the first preview of the first-ever Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s seminal work, A Few Good Men at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Check out photos here.
by Bruce Glikas - Oct 9, 2026
The cast of Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men recently met the press. Check out photos from the press event here!
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 8, 2026
Ahead of its highly anticipated first preview tonight, Lincoln Center Theater has released a first look at the company of the first ever Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s seminal work, A Few Good Men at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Check out the photo here!
by Stephi Wild - Oct 8, 2026
Performances are now underway for the first-ever Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s seminal work, A Few Good Men, which will play at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Meet the cast of A Few Good Men here.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 1, 2026
Krysta Rodriguez will star as Lt. Commander JoAnne Galloway alongside Bradley Whitford and Tom Blyth in Broadway's A Few Good Men. See photos from the cast's first day of rehearsal.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 29, 2026
Check out new production photos of Scott Adsit, Ben Rappaport, and Thomas Sadoski in ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, Eric Bentley's 1972 docudrama, now playing at New York City Center Stage I through July 12.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 22, 2026
Dates have been set for Bob Odenkirk, Molly Ringwald, T.R. Knight, Norbert Leo Butz, and Harry Lennix as guest stars in ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN. Learn more here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 9, 2026
You can now get a first look at footage of Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been, which is now in perfromances at New York City Center Stage 1. The production features a rotating cast of artists throughout its run.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 5, 2026
Performances have begun for the limited 15-week engagement of Eric Bentley’s 1972 docudrama, ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, directed by Tony Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro at New York City Center Stage I. Check out photos here!
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2026
Initial casting has been announced for a new production of Eric Bentley’s 1972 play, ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, directed by Tony Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro.
by Gillian Blum - Apr 5, 2026
The Arena Stage's production of Inherit the Wind had its final performance on Sunday, May 5, and you can watch a video of the show's final curtain call on the Fichandler Stage here.
by Howard Sherman - Apr 2, 2026
Nestled quietly in a corner of the MGM+ streamer, a service that rarely gets invoked when the streaming giants are under discussion, lies the answer to anyone who has wondered for the past 20 years, as I have, “Why can’t we have another series like ‘Slings and Arrows?’”
by Elliot Lanes - Mar 27, 2026
Today’s subject Rebecca Madeira is currently living her theatre life onstage at Arena Stage as part in the role of Rachael Brown in Inherit The Wind. The production runs through April 5th in Arena Stage’s Fichandler Stage space.
by Joshua Wright - Mar 24, 2026
Watch a first look video of INHERIT THE WIND at Arena Stage, running February 27–April 5, 2026. Based on the real-life Scopes Monkey Trial, the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee explores a legal battle over science, religion, and intellectual freedom as a small-town case becomes a national debate.
by Roger Catlin - Mar 8, 2026
The sign of a good play is that it can ring out its truth through different eras and still seem utterly relevant to the moment.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 14, 2026
Rooted in the real-life Scopes “Monkey” Trial, this courtroom drama by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee chronicles a legal battle over science, religion, and the right to think freely, as the small-town case is thrust into the national spotlight.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2025
Harlem Stage’s Freedom Riders: A Journey With No End in Sight concluded its sold-out 16-show Harlem run and multi-city tour on October 18, 2025. Check out photos of the production.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 30, 2025
Harlem Stage will present Freedom Riders: A Journey With No End in Sight, a powerful theatrical concert reading running October 7–18, 2025. Advance tickets are on sale now.
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 11, 2025
Kenny Leon's 2024 revival of Thornton Wilder's Our Town was filmed by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and is now accessible to view at the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 19, 2025
Our Town will play its final performance at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre following 26 previews and 117 regular performances. The venue will soon be home to Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Billy Eugene Jones has appeared on Broadway in 13 shows.
Billy Eugene Jones has not appeared in the West End.
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Purlie Victorious, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for On Sugarland, Special Citation (Obie Awards) for Fat Ham, Sustained Achievement in Performance (Obie Awards) for On Sugarland and Sustained Achievement in Performance (Obie Awards) for Fat Ham.
Billy Eugene Jones has won the following awards: - Special Citation from the Obie Awards for Fat Ham - Sustained Achievement in Performance from the Obie Awards for On Sugarland - Sustained Achievement in Performance from the Obie Awards for Fat Ham
