2022 was one of the most magnificent years when it comes to the creativity and spotlighting of Black theatrical brilliance on and off Broadway.
It was a year that saw two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage have three stupendous productions. This lady proves that you can do it all! Nottage started the year with “Intimate Apparel” and “Clyde’s” in January and followed up with “MJ: The Musical” in February. All three were firsts in a way. “Intimate Apparel” was her first time creating a libretto and she did it based on her play by the same name.
“Clyde’s” played at the Helen Hayes Theatre on W. 44th Street. This delicious comedy/drama continued into the 2022 season. The play had a delectable small ensemble of actors who did a sumptuous job of bringing Nottage’s play to life. It told the story of four ex-cons trying to come back into society by working at a truck-stop sandwich shop owned by an ex-con named Clyde. The cast was delightful as they kept the heat, spice and sauciness coming.
Black female playwright Dominique Morisseau had “Skeleton Crew” on Broadway in a riveting production that played at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on W. 47th Street. This play was a powerhouse that brought Phylicia Rashad back to Broadway in a role so uncharacteristic of her, but one she mastered. It had poignant direction by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The play shared the plight of working men and women at an automotive plant in Detroit, Michigan. We witnessed their struggles and fears.
February also saw “Wicked” make history by casting the first Black Glinda — Brittney Johnson — and she was absolutely delightful. The audiences “couldn’t be happier.” April saw another tremendous drama from Dominique Morisseau unfold at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center on W. 42nd Street, when her play “Confederates” put a focus on institutional racism. Morisseau, a Residency 5 Playwright at Signature Theatre, presented two women oddly connected: Sandra, a political science professor at an Ivy League school and Sara, a Black slave on a plantation. The playwright showed the racism both faced.
April also saw the emergence of a bold, new musical, the likes of which had never been seen on Broadway before, as “A Strange Loop” took to the stage of the Lyceum Theatre on W. 45th Street. The audience was stunned by this unique work with a book, music and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson sharing a personal story with the audience through the lead character of Usher.
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