A Soldier’s Play at the Fox Theatre
STARRING NORM LEWIS AS ‘CAPTAIN RICHARD DAVENPORT’AND FEATURING OFF-BROADWAY’S ORIGINAL ‘BERNARD COBB’EUGENE LEE AS ‘SERGEANT VERNON C. WATERS’
In 1944, on a Louisiana Army base, two shots ring out. A Black sergeant is murdered. And a series of interrogations triggers a gripping barrage of questions about sacrifice, service, and identity in America. Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece opened on Broadway for the first time on Jan. 21, 2020 at Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theatre, nearly forty years after it was written. The acclaimed production was nominated for 7 Tony Awards and 3 Drama Desk Awards, winning Best Revival for both.
Joining director Kenny Leon for the tour of Roundabout Theatre Company’s A Soldier’s Play is the Broadway design team that includes Derek McLane (Sets), Dede Ayite (Costumes), Allen Lee Hughes (Lights), Dan Moses Schreier (Sound) and Cristina Angeles (Associate Director). The tour of A Soldier’s Play is produced by Roundabout Theatre Company and Tamar Climan.
“The recent passing of The Giant that is Charles Fuller has only magnified his brilliance...an amazing writer who left us so much with his masterful A Soldiers Play,” said director Kenny Leon. “We honor him with this American tour of the Broadway production of this great American classic. Come - laugh, think and reflect - America is in need of love.”
Individual tickets for the tour of A Soldier’s Play are on sale now. Tickets will be available at the Fox Theatre box office (660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30308), by visiting foxtheatre.org/ASoldiersPlay or by calling 855-285-8499. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling the Fox Theatre at 855-285-8499.
Playing as part of Regions Bank Broadway in Atlanta’s 2022/2023 season, the Atlanta engagement of A Soldier’s Play will play March 28-April 2. The performance schedule is as follows:
Tuesday – Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Friday 8 p.m.
Saturday 2 p.m., 8 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m.
Written by American playwright Charles Fuller, A Soldier’s Play stars Norm Lewis, and is directed by Tony Award winner and Roundabout Theatre Company’s Senior Resident Director Kenny Leon.