Purpose 半岛体育 - Opening Night
From the Tony Award-winning playwright of Appropriate and directed by the two-time Tony Award-winning Phylicia Rashad comes Purpose.
For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there are cracks and secrets just under the surface. When the youngest son Nazareth returns home to Illinois with an uninvited friend in tow, the family is forced into a reckoning with itself, its faith and the legacies of Black radicalism. Spirited, hilarious and filled with intrigue, Purpose is an epic family drama from one of the country鈥檚 most celebrated voices.
SCHEDULE:
May 13鈥�18: Tuesday @7pm, Wednesday @2pm and 8pm, Thursday @7pm, Friday @7pm, Saturday @2pm and 8pm, Sunday @3pm
May 20鈥�25: Tuesday @7pm, Wednesday @2pm and 8pm, Thursday @7pm, Friday @7pm, Saturday @2pm and 8pm, Sunday @2pm
May 27鈥揓une 1: Tuesday @7pm, Wednesday @2pm and 8pm, Thursday @7pm, Friday @7pm, Saturday @2pm and 8pm, Sunday @3pm
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| Drama Desk Award | |||
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| 2025 | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Outstanding Play | Nominee |
| Drama League | |||
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| 2025 | Outstanding Production of a Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Distinguished Performance | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Distinguished Performance | Nominee |
| New York Drama Critics' Circle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Best Play | Winner |
| Outer Critics Circle | |||
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| 2025 | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Nominee |
| Pulitzer Prize | |||
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| 2025 | Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Winner |
| Theatre World Awards | |||
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| 2025 | Outstanding Debut Performance | Winner |
| Tony Award | |||
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| 2025 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Best Actress in a Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Best Actor in a Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Best Actor in a Play | Nominee | |
| 2025 | Best Play | Nominee |
| Week Ending | Week Number | This Week Gross Potential Gross | Diff $ | Avg Ticket Top Ticket | Seats Sold Seats in Theatre | Perfs Previews | % Cap This Week | Diff % cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2025 | 51 | $522,691.00 | $102,434.70 | $114.85 $330.00 | 4,551 581 | 8 0 | 97.91% | 7.29% |
| May 4, 2025 | 50 | $420,256.30 | -$30,373.70 | $99.78 $280.00 | 4,212 581 | 8 0 | 90.62% | 3.89% |
| Apr 27, 2025 | 49 | $450,630.00 | $40,006.00 | $111.79 $330.00 | 4,031 581 | 8 0 | 86.73% | -6.82% |
| Apr 20, 2025 | 48 | $410,624.00 | $5,153.75 | $94.44 $280.00 | 4,348 581 | 8 0 | 93.55% | 3.04% |
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