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Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Kris Kollins will make his professional stage debut in the same role that made Prince a ...
The creators of the upcoming stage version of Prince’s Purple Rain have finally revealed who will be playing the lead role of ...
Watch Kollins and co-star Rachel Webb in a first-look rehearsal video, before the production begins its pre-Broadway run in ...
Casting director Taylor Williams discovered newcomer Kris Kollins on social media as part of a nationwide search.
Kara Young is the first Black actor in Broadway history to take home back-to-back Tonys. Here's her tips on finding your ...
It’s been a successful few months for 40-year-old writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and his play, “Purpose,” which won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. Senior ...
That’s precisely what happened as Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ family drama moved first to the nonprofit Second Stage Theatre’s Broadway house, where a cast that included Sarah Paulson and Elle ...
Jacobs-Jenkins, far left, on the “Kindred” set during filming. “In honoring Octavia’s book, I’m trying to find new things to talk about,” he said. Tina Rowden/FX ...
Although he has shot to fame fast through plays like “The Octoroon,” Jacobs-Jenkins still is only 32 years old. His “Gloria” was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize.
Now in 2022, Hulu and FX ’s Kindred, created by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, marks the first onscreen adaptation of Butler’s works.
Transcript: "Capehart” with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins January 12, 2023 By Washington Post Live ...