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"MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys

Closing: February 26, 1983

"MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys - 1982 Broadway History , Info & More

Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)
149 W. 45th St. New York, NY 10036

The role that won Zakes Mokae a Tony Award brought Danny Glover back to the New York stage for the Roundabout Theatre's revival of this searing coming of age story, considered by many to be Fugard's masterpiece. A white teen who has grown up in the affectionate company of the two black waiters who work in his mother's tea room in Port Elizabeth learns that his viciously racist alcoholic father is on his way home from the hospital. An ensuing rage unwittingly triggers his inevitable passage into the culture of hatred fostered by apartheid.


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Review: MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS at Geffen Playhouse
by Evan Henerson - Apr 21, 2026


The Southland has had its share of memorable Fugard stagings, and the newly-opened revival of “MASTER HAROLD” at the Geffen Playhouse boasts an impressive roster of artists and creatives – onstage and off – who bring this tale vibrantly to life.

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by Stephi Wild - Jan 26, 2026


Complete casting has been announced for CATS: The Jellicle Ball at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) coming to Broadway this Spring. Learn more about the full cast here!

A History of Three-Handers on Broadway
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Oct 5, 2025


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Who Will Win at the 2025 Tony Awards?
by Sidney Paterra - Jun 2, 2025


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by Stephi Wild - Sep 23, 2024


Broadway theatres will dim their lights to honor the memory of James Earl Jones, four-time nominated and two-time Tony Award®-winning actor and recipient of the 2017 Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement, whose career spanned almost seven decades on Broadway.

Review: A Masterful MASTER HAROLD… AND THE BOYS at The Schoolhouse Theater
by Pia Haas - Sep 13, 2024


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Spotlight: “MASTER HAROLD”…AND THE BOYS at The North Salem Community Center
by BWW Special Offer - Sep 6, 2024


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by Sidney Paterra - Jun 14, 2024


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by A.A. Cristi - Aug 18, 2023


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by Team BWW - Jun 9, 2023


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Review: MASTER HAROLD… AND THE BOYS at Austin Shakespeare
by Joni Lorraine - Jan 14, 2023


When you go (and you should!) keep in mind that 'MASTER HAROLD ... AND THE BOYS' is a stirring and relevant piece of theatre, even as a staged reading. Oh, that it's relevance could someday be a thing of our past.

Who Will Win at the 2022 Tony Awards?
by Team BWW - Jun 11, 2022


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Syracuse Stage Closes 2020/21 Season With An Exceptional Contemporary Drama
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 9, 2021


An exceptional contemporary drama concludes the reimagined 2020/2021 season as Syracuse Stage presents Athol Fugard's award-winning “'Master Harold' . . . and the Boys,” available as video on demand June 16 – July 4.

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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 14, 2021


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by Tim Shawver - Feb 20, 2020


Arizona Theatre Company's current production hits the mark as a historical reminder and, through masterful performances by its cast of three, depicts institutionalized racism's capability to destroy even the most loving relationships.

BWW Review: Astounding 'MASTER HAROLD'... AND THE BOYS at Fugard Theatre
by Lindsay Kruger - Feb 17, 2020


Premiered in 1982, the staying power of Athol Fugard's 'MASTER HAROLD'... AND THE BOYS proves itself in its multiple revivals over the years, and Eric Abraham and The Fugard Theatre's latest 2020 production is one for the history books.

VIDEO: Darryl Maximilian Robinson Performs Two Versions of The Bard's St. Crispin's Day Speech in LA
by Stephi Wild - Dec 26, 2019


For the holiday season veteran and award-winning stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson ( The Founder, Artistic Director and Producer of the multiracial, non-Equity professional chamber theatre, The Excaliber Shakespeare Company of Chicago and a classically-trained Los Angeles-based performer ) returned to his classical theatre experience ( he began his early professional stage career playing leading and featured roles with The 1982 National Shakespeare Company Tour of New York, The 1985 Indianapolis Shakespeare Festival and The 1989 Bristol Renaissance Faire of Kenosha, Wisconsin ) and reunited with talented editor, video-camerman and fellow actor Danny Belrose to record a less-than-perfect 'Street Theatre' rehearsal of the famed 'St. Crispin's Day Speech' as The King from William Shakespeare's 'Henry V' which Mr. Robinson presented upon the steps of The Entrance of LA's Historic Lincoln Heights Jail ( which he referred to as 'The Old Cypress Prison' ) on the afternoon of December 19, 2019 as part of a series of theatrical activities Mr. Robinson is sharing as part of The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project.

Arizona Theatre Company Presents MASTER HAROLD” … AND THE BOYS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 23, 2019


Arizona Theatre Company (Sean Daniels, Artistic Director; Billy Russo, Managing Director) presents Athol Fugard's powerfully haunting masterpiece, 'Master Harold' ... and the Boys from Jan. 18- Feb. 8 at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson and from Feb. 13 to March 1 at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix.

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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 10, 2019


The Actors Fund, the national human services organization for everyone in performing arts and entertainment, will hold its Annual Gala on Monday, April 6, 2020. The evening will celebrate Tony Award-winning actor Matthew Broderick and Emmy Award-winning actor, producer and designer Sarah Jessica Parker; Tony Award-winning actor and Chairman of The Actors Fund Brian Stokes Mitchell; Academy Award-winning producer, co-owner of the New York Football Giants, and philanthropist Steve Tisch; and American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) President Richard L. Trumka as they receive The Actors Fund's Medal of Honor.

BWW Review: 'MASTER HAROLD'...AND THE BOYS, National Theatre
by Marianka Swain - Oct 2, 2019


Athol Fugard's 1982 play, set in 1950s Port Elizabeth, is inspired by his own boyhood in apartheid-era South Africa a?' as Fugard says in a programme note, it's a?oethe most intensely personal thing I have ever writtena??. Like his teenage character Harold (Fugard's actual first name), his father was disabled and his mother tried to keep them afloat via a struggling tearoom. And, crucially, Fugard also had a complex relationship with Sam and Willie, their black employees a?' encapsulated here in an increasingly gripping 100-minute piece of atonement.

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by Steve Wilson - Sep 15, 2019


The Kansas City Actors Theatre continues to provide Kansas City with some of the best dramas to appear in local theater with the opening of a?oeMASTER HAROLDa??a??AND THE BOYS Saturday night, at the City Stage in Union Station. Directed by Gary Heisserer the play runs through September 29.

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KCAT Announces Cast And Crew Of 'MASTER HAROLD'... AND THE BOYS
by Julie Musbach - Jul 31, 2019


Kansas City Actors Theatre has completed casting for its production of Athol Fugard's a?oe'Master Harold' a??and the Boys,a?? which will run from September 11 to September 29, 2019 at the City Stage in Union Station

"MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys History

Other Productions of "MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys

1982   Broadway
Broadway
2003   Broadway Roundabout Revival
Broadway
2016   Off-Broadway Signature Theatre Off-Broadway Production
Off-Broadway

"MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys - 1982 Broadway Awards and Nominations

Note: Award winners are highlighted with a background.
"MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys — awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
1982 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor in a Play Zakes Mokae
1982 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director of a Play Athol Fugard
1982 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Play Athol Fugard
1982 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards Best Play Athol Fugard
1982 Outer Critics Circle Awards Best Actor Zakes Mokae
1982 Outer Critics Circle Awards Best Broadway Play 0
1982 Outer Critics Circle Awards Best Director Athol Fugard
1982 Theatre World Awards Performance Danny Glover
1982 Tony Awards Best Direction of a Play Athol Fugard
1982 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Zakes Mokae
1982 Tony Awards Best Play Athol Fugard
1982 Tony Awards Best Play Dasha Epstein
1982 Tony Awards Best Play Emanuel Azenberg
1982 Tony Awards Best Play David Geffen

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