BREAKING NEWS: The record breaking versatile 6-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (Broadway’s Carousel, Master Class, RAGTIME, Raisin in the Sun, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Lady Day, Shuffle Along, and last seen in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune) is set to return to the Great Bright Way once again in Adrienne Kennedy’s 1992 hit play OHIO STATE MURDERS.
Under the direction of Tony winner and Emmy nominee Kenny Leon, this play will also mark the long awaited overdue ON Broadway debut of Adrienne Kennedy. She’s had so many successful works that have been performed in our OFF Broadway Theater scene. Many of her works all deal with the themes of racism, kinship, and violence in American society. Her previous works including the Award winning FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO, THE OWL ANSWERS, ELECTRA & ORSETES, THE FILM CLUB, and more. Now at age 90…. her work is going out full out. 65 YEARS people. It shows you that it’s NEVER TOO LATE to make it ON Broadway.
OHIO STATE MURDERS was part of a series of plays Kennedy wrote in 1992 called THE ALEXANDER SERIES. The play itself tells the story of Ohio State University alumn and writer “Suzanne Alexander” who returns there years later to talk about the violence in her work, and a dark mystery unravels. The play is described as “an unusual and chilling look at the destructiveness of racism in the United States.”
Announcements for additional casting, the theater, and start time will be revealed later on.
