Chicken & Biscuits (play)

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. 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. 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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