Purpose

Brenda Pressley will join the Broadway company of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, PURPOSE, directed by Phylicia Rashad. Learn

Hillary Clinton recently paid a visit to the newly-minted Tony Award-winning production of Purpose on Broadway. Check out photos from her visit to the show here!

The Broadway production of Purpose shared a video of their first curtain call post-Tony Awards, which was met with love from the applauding audience. Watch the video here!

Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Steppenwolf's Glenn Davis, and the producers of Purpose took home a Tony Award for 'Best Play'. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, they checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share their initial reaction!

Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Kara Young took home a Tony Award for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play' for her outstanding work in Purpose. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, she checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!

Kara Young, who has made history as the first Black performer to earn four consecutive Tony nominations, recently stopped by The View to discuss her role in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose, which is currently running on Broadway. Watch the interview now!

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ PURPOSE has been extended eight weeks. You can now see the show through late August at the Helen Hayes Theater. Learn more here!

Purpose has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play for BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS.

Kara Young has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for PURPOSE.

Watch in this video as Jon Michael Hill chats more about why he thinks Purpose is so important, why he is still in disbelief to be nominated, and so much more.

Watch in this video as Glenn Davis chats more about his pride in pushing to bring Purpose to audiences, why he is still in disbelief to be nominated, and so much more.

Watch in this video as Harry Lennix chats more about the genius of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, why doing Purpose every night is still a challenge, and so much more.

Watch in this video as LaTanya Richardson Jackson chats more about the genius of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, why it was a bumpy road to opening night of Purpose, and so much more.

Watch in this video as Kara Young chats more about collaborating with her Purpose company, why this play has been such a passion project, and so much more.

The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: Oh, Mary!, by Cole Escola, and The Ally, by Itamar Moses.