Suzan-Lori Parks Videos

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is continuing its 49th season with the Chicago premiere of The Book of Grace, an incendiary tug-of-war between family and freedom by Suzan-Lori Parks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Topdog/Underdog. Check out video of the production!

Tony winner LaChanze appears in the latest flashback performance from MCC Theater's MISCAST23! Watch as she sings 'Heaven on Their Minds' from Jesus Christ Superstar in this video. 

Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon, opened on Thursday, October 10 at the Barrymore Theatre where the production is running for a strictly limited engagement. Get a first look at footage from the production here! 

On Saturday, August 24th, Suffs hosted a special performance in partnership with the League of Women Voters that featured a roll call including representatives from all 36 states that ratified the 19th Amendment. Watch the full roll call in the video here!

Watch a trailer for Arcola Theatre's production of The Book of Grace, a fierce family drama set against the backdrop of the Mexico-United States border by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, in the video here!

Steppenwolf Theatre Company, under the leadership of Artistic Directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis and Executive Director Brooke Flanagan, has announced its 2024/25 Season, featuring several Chicago and world premieres.

Watch LaChanze discuss her career on stage and now behind the scenes as a Broadway producer!

Watch footage from rehearsals of Alicia Keys's HELL'S KITCHEN at the Public Theater, featuring Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, and More!

Just last night at the 76th Annual Tony Awards, Topdog/Underdog took home a Tony Award for 'Best Revival of a Play'. After leaving the stage at the United Palace, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks checked it with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share her initial reaction!

In this video, watch as the producers of this season's nominees check in with Richard Ridge ahead of Tonys night!

Five outstanding new plays and four equally outstanding revivals have been singled out this Broadway season!

Need a refresher on this season's nominated shows before the Tony Awards? We've gotcha covered. Catch a full review below!

In this video, watch as Tony nominee Corey Hawkins chats more about bringing theatre to younger audiences, why his role in Topdog/Underdog was so important to him, and so much more.

Watch Suzan-Lori Parks discuss Plays for the Plague Year at the Public Theater on PBS Newshour.

Watch clips from the sitzprobe of Suzan Lori-Parks's THE HARDER THEY COME at The Public Theater!

The Golden Theatre was the place to be earlier this week 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). We're taking you inside opening night in this video.

The strictly limited 16-week engagement of Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning TOPDOG/UNDERDOG is now previews, and will officially open on Thursday, October 20th. Directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon, it stars Emmy Award-winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen IIand Tony Award-nominee Corey Hawkins. Get a first look at video highlights here!

Days after Broadway theatres went dark and cities shuttered last March, TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL’s Tony-nominated Daniel J. Watts (Ike Turner) sat down to write a tribute to those who gather. A year later—amidst a renewed racial reckoning and a pandemic that continues to evolve our public and private selves—his words ring truer than ever.

Hulu announced today that the streaming platform has acquired the U.S. rights to Lee Daniels’ THE UNITED STATES vs. BILLIE HOLIDAY, which will debut as a Hulu Original film on Hulu on February 26, 2021. Sierra/Affinity will continue to handle international sales on the film.

On last night's episode of  Daveed Diggs sat down with Jimmy. Diggs talked about returning to the Public Theater, Hamilton's original home, for his new Broadway show White Noise and he even performs part of a single from new music he's working on.