Chicken & Biscuits is a play by Douglas Lyons that made its Broadway debut in 2021 at the Circle in the Square Theatre. The comedy's planned four-month run was cut short due to the challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Lyons made his Broadway debut as a playwright ten years after he did so as an actor in The Book of Mormon.[2] The fall 2021 featured seven other Black playwrights, a Broadway record, and Zhailon Levingston was Broadway's youngest Black director.[3][4][5]

The Broadway production starred Norm Lewis and Michael Urie in the story of a New Haven pastor's funeral that was disrupted by family drama.[6][2][7]

Prior to its Broadway engagement, Chicken & Biscuits debuted at the Queens Theatre in the Park on February 28, 2020, and was the latter's first Broadway transfer.[8][4]

References

  1. ↑ White, Abbey (November 22, 2021). "Broadway's Return Is Triumphant, But Uncertainty Looms: "Humans Have to Be as Important as the Show"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Sullivan, Lindsey (June 24, 2021). "Douglas Lyons' Chicken & Biscuits, Starring Norm Lewis & Michael Urie, Heads to Broadway This Fall". Broadway News. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ Appler, Michael (October 12, 2021). "'Chicken & Biscuits' Playwright Douglas Lyons Says Black 'Audiences Are Changing What Broadway Is'". Variety. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Huston, Caitlin (June 24, 2021). "'Chicken and Biscuits' announces Broadway run". Broadway News. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  5. ↑ White, Abbey (December 8, 2021). "Broadway's Black Playwrights on Legacy Theater and Their Vision for an Inclusive Industry". Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ Schwartz, Alexandra (October 15, 2021). ""Is This a Room" and "Chicken & Biscuits" Bring the Unexpected to Broadway". Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  7. ↑ Meyer, Dan (December 15, 2021). "My First Night Back in Front of an Audience". Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  8. ↑ Meyer, Dan (October 10, 2021). "Douglas Lyons' Chicken & Biscuits Opens on Broadway October 10". Playbill. Retrieved December 21, 2021.



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