A Soldier's Play
will be the first Broadway production of Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, directed by Kenny Leon and starring David Alan Grier as Sergeant Vernon C. Waters and Blair Underwood as Captain Richard Davenport.is set in 1944, when a black sergeant is murdered on a Louisiana army base, and an investigator must race against his white leadership to unravel the crime. Previews for the limited Broadway engagement begin on Dec. 27, 2019.
Sharon D Clarke stars as Caroline, an African-American maid whose world of 1963 Louisiana ripples with change. The creative team will include Fly Davis, Jack Knowles, Paul Arditti, Nigel Lilley and Chris Fenwick. Previews ofThe Rose TattooBirthday Candles