Thoughts of a Colored Man
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Thoughts of a Colored Man on Broadway: Show Is Now Closed
Regular Price Tickets
ORCH $129
MEZZ $99
Secondary Market
$99
Thoughts of a Colored Man Summary
- Show Status: Closed
- Genre: Play
- Thoughts of a Colored Man is 1 hour and 35 minutes long, including an intermission of 15 minutes
- 8 Shows per week
- Previews Began: October 1, 2021
- Show Opened : October 21, 2021
- Show Closed: December 22, 2021
Modern story of a crew of black men in Brooklyn, NY, who are trying to make the most of themselves and set a good example for the younger generation
What's Thoughts of a Colored Man Like?
While the show is technically called a play, the story is told by blending strong music beats, spoken word slam poetry and dancing to display the experiences. The main crew in focus are seven black men who are living in Brooklyn, New York in current times.
The entire story takes place in a single day, much like a Greek tragedy in this regard. However, the play is different from a Greek tragedy in many other ways as the story contains scenes of rhythm and rhyme battles at basketball courts and having fun, dancing in the streets and being rowdy at the local barbershop.
While these aspects of the show are memorable and enjoyable, the real essence of the show is to shed a long awaited light into the hearts and minds of a community of men who are attempting to become the most triumphant versions of themselves.
Is Thoughts of a Colored Man Good for Kids?
This play contains discussions of adult behavior such as sex, drugs, and violence, profanity and racial slurs. This show is not recommended for children under the age of 16.
Thoughts of a Colored Man on Broadway Background
Thoughts of a Colored Man makes its Broadway debut.
The play was written by the native New Yorker, Keenan Scott II, who previously created his own film collection exclusively on Amazon Prime called Small Axe. This play was directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, who also directed Katori Hall’s Off-Broadway hit The Hot Wing King which received critical praise.
Thoughts of a Colored Man was workshopped and developed at The Arena Stage, in the historic New York Theatre Workshop, for private readings before it held its world premiere at the Syracuse Stage at the Syracuse University in early 2019. The show did remarkably well and was then asked to perform at the Baltimore Center Stage later in 2019.
While this show is a Broadway debut for both Scott and Broadnax, the play has many seasoned Tony Award Winners and Broadway alumni helping to produce it, including Ron Simons, Diana DiMenna, Brian Moreland, Samira Wiley and Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Theatre Information
John Golden Theatre
252 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10019
New York, NY 10019
Seats:
804
Entrance:
45th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Theatre
Information
Cast Members
- Tristan “Mack” Wilds
- Forrest Mcclendon
- Keith David
- Kadeem Ali Harris
- Reynaldo Piniella
- Christian Thompson
Past Cast Members
- Dyllón Burnside
- Da’vinchi
- Bryan Terrell Clark
- Luke James
Producers
Brian Moreland
Ron Simons
Diana DiMenna
Samira Wiley
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Production Credits
- General Manager
- Lane Marsh
- Casting Director
- Calleri Casting
- Advertising Representative
- AKA NYC
- Press Agent
- DKC O&M
Creative Team
- Author
- Keenan Scott II
- Director
- Steve H Broadnax III
- Settings
- Robert Brill
- Costumes
- Toni-Leslie James
- Costumes
- Devario Simmons
- Lighting
- Ryan O'Gara
- Sound
- Mikaal Sulaiman
- Original Music
- Te'La
- Original Music
- Brother Kamau
- Projections
- Sven Ortel