They are joined by lighting designer Bradley King, fight director Lisa Kopitsky, and singing coach Deborah Lapidus. The creative team also features the return of scenic designer Maruti Evans, costume designer Dominique Fawn Hill, sound designer Mikaal Sulaiman, choreographer Darrell Grand Moultrie, hair and wig designer Earon Chew Nealey, and illusions designer Skylar Fox. And They're Inviting You to the BBQĪli, who directed the Off-Broadway production, also makes his Main Stem debut. WATCH: The Cast of Fat Ham Is Celebrating Queer, Black Joy. Gibson, Alexandria Lewis, Matthew Elijah Webb, and Rema Webb. Joining the Broadway cast as understudies are RJ Foster, Marquis D. It stars Nikki Crawford as Tedra, Chris Herbie Holland as Tio, Billy Eugene Jones as Rev and Pap, Adrianna Mitchell as Opal, Calvin Leon Smith as Larry, Marcel Spears as Juicy, and Benja Kay Thomas as Rabby Crawford, Holland, Mitchell, Smith, and Spears are all making their Broadway debuts. Moving uptown from Off-Broadway's The Public Theater, where Fat Ham played an award-winning engagement, the show features the return of the full cast from the Off-Broadway run of The Public and National Black Theatre co-production. Nikki Crawford, Billy Eugene Jones, Marcel Spears, Calvin Leon Smith, and Adrianna Mitchell in Fat Ham Marc J. His choice? Whether to break or perpetuate cycles of trauma and violence. Ijames reinvents Shakespeare's classic tragedy Hamlet, moving the setting to a Southern cookout as queer college kid Juicy has to grapple with identity questions, the ghost of his father, and a supernatural demand for vengeance. It began previews March 21 and will open April 12 in the American Airlines Theatre where it plays a strictly limited engagement. James Ijames' Pulitzer-winning play, directed by Saheem Ali, is the first National Black Theatre production (co-produced by The Public Theater) to transfer to Broadway. More events will be announced at a later date. National Black Theatre, which is one of the show's producers, will host the first such event March 31 at 8 PM with LaChanze moderating a conversation between members of the cast and NBT CEO Sade Lythcott and Executive Artistic Director Jonathan McCrory.įat Ham will also host Queer Youth Night March 24, Women's History Night March 30, Philly Phat Ham Night at the April 2 matinee, and a Community Night April 14. Tony and Emmy winner LaChanze will moderate the first post-show talk for Broadway's Fat Hamwhich has announced a series of community night performances and post-show talkbacks.
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