PhotosPhotos! First Look at Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ WarTake a look at War by award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Lincoln Center Theater.
By
Monica Simoes
May 28, 2016
The cast also includes Austin Durant, Reggie Gowland, Michele Shay, Lance Coadie Williams and Charlayne Woodard. The new comedy/drama from the Gloria playwright will officially open June 6.
According to production notes, War sees “tensions escalate between Tate (Myers) and Joanne (Nicks) after their mother has a stroke. As they attack each other in their mother’s hospital room, they are ambushed by two strangers who make a shocking claim about their grandfather during WWII.”
Filmed in 2023, the one-night-only event featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Peter Friedman, and more from the Ahrens and Flaherty musical's original cast.