Broadway vet Jawan M. Jackson (Motown, Ain't Too Proud) will join Off-Broadway's Ceremonies in Dark Old Men for the production's final week at Theatre at St. Clement's. Jackson will succeed Calvin M. Thompson as Blue Haven beginning June 23, with Thompson playing his final performance June 22. The run continues through June 29.
The extended revival of Lonne Elder III's play opened April 18, directed by Clinton Turner Davis. Read the reviews here.
Elder's play is set in 1950s New York, centering on a widowed father, a barber who used to be a vaudeville performer whose life is thrown into turmoil when his daughter's long-standing resentments come to a head as his two sons' criminal enterprise unravels.
Jackson will join a cast led by Norm Lewis, and also featuring Felicia Boswell, James Foster, Jr., Morgan Siobhan Green, Jeremiah Packer, and Bryce Michael Wood. Casting is by Robin Carus.
The work, a Pulitzer Prize nominee, premiered Off-Broadway in 1969 via Negro Ensemble Company, which is co-presenting this revival with Peccadillo Theater Company and Eric Falkenstein.
The production features scenic design by Harry Feiner, costume design by Isabel Rubio, lighting design by Jimmy Lawlor, and wig design by Jeff Knaggs. April Ann Kline serves as production stage manager, and Josh Iacovelli is production manager.
The producing team also includes David S. Stone, Willette and Manny Klausner, Linda Powell, Classical Theatre Of Harlem, Annaleise Loxton, Ed Gaynes, Cherine E. Anderson, Roxedge Entertainment/Clayton Howe, Mitchell Reeve, Kevin Gallagher, Jamie deRoy, Gabrielle Palitz, and Patricia Spalding/Sarah Ellen Stephens.
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Norm Lewis and Jeremiah Packer in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Scenic design of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Clinton Turner Davis and company of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Company of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Bryce Wood and Calvin M. Thompson in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Felicia Boswell and Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis and Felicia Boswell in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Bryce Wood and Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Jeremiah Packer, Norm Lewis, and Bryce Wood in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Morgan Siobahn Green and Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
James Foster Jr. and Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis and James Foster Jr. in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis, Bryce Wood, and James Foster Jr. in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Bryce Wood in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Calvin M. Thompson in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Jeremiah Packer in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Morgan Siobahn Green in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
James Foster Jr. in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Felicia Boswell in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
