Chicken & Biscuits (play)

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Chicken & Biscuits is a play by 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 playrwight 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 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]

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  1. ^ White, Abbey (2021-11-22). "Broadway's Return Is Triumphant, But Uncertainty Looms: "Humans Have to Be as Important as the Show"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. ^ a b Sullivan, Lindsey (2021-06-24). "Douglas Lyons' Chicken & Biscuits, Starring Norm Lewis & Michael Urie, Heads to Broadway This Fall". Broadway News. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  3. ^ Appler, Michael (2021-10-12). "'Chicken & Biscuits' Playwright Douglas Lyons Says Black 'Audiences Are Changing What Broadway Is'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. ^ a b Huston, Caitlin (2021-06-24). "'Chicken and Biscuits' announces Broadway run". Broadway News. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  5. ^ White, Abbey (2021-12-08). "Broadway's Black Playwrights on Legacy Theater and Their Vision for an Inclusive Industry". Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  6. ^ Schwartz, Alexandra (2021-10-15). ""Is This a Room" and "Chicken & Biscuits" Bring the Unexpected to Broadway". Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  7. ^ Meyer, Dan (2021-12-15). "My First Night Back in Front of an Audience". Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  8. ^ Meyer, Dan (2021-10-10). "Douglas Lyons' Chicken & Biscuits Opens on Broadway October 10". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-12-21.

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