DELICIOUS NEWS: Full casting has been revealed for the upcoming Broadway debut of Douglas Lyons’ new comedy play Chicken and Biscuits. Under the direction of Zhailon Levingston making history as the youngest Black director in Broadway History at age 27, the cast will be led by…..
Broadway favorite NaTasha Yvette Williams (Broadway’s Waitress) as “Brianna Jenkins”,
Cleo King (Mike & Molly) making her Broadway debut as “Baneatta Mabry”
and
Devere Rogers making his Broadway debut as “Kenny Mabry”.
The cast will also feature several actors who appeared in the World Premiere production of this play last year at the Queens Theatre That engagement abruptly cut short by 2 weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic That will include…..
Ebony Marshall Oliver as “Beverly Jenkins”,
Aigner Mizzelle as “La’trice Franklin”,
and
Alana Raquel Bowers as “Simone Mabry”.
Williams, King, Rogers, Oliver, Mizzelle, and Bowers join the previously announced lineup of…..
Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis (Les Miserables. The Little Mermaid, Porgy and Bess, The Phantom of the Opera, and Once On This Island) in his first straight play / non-musical role as “Reginald”
and
Acclaimed stage and screen star Michael Urie as “Logan”.
In case anyone may not know, CHICKEN & BISCUITS is a raucous family comedy centering on The Jenkins, a dysfunctional family coming together celebrating the life of their father without killing anyone. However everything changes when the Grandson invites his boyfriend into the picture.
The production begins previews September 23rd, 2021 and will officially open on October 10th, 2021.
Congrats to this incredible new cast!!!
Who is excited?!!!
