It was a night that many in the theater community have been awaiting for a long time — Broadway is back!
The energy in the August Wilson Theater was electric on Wednesday night, with multiple standing ovations before and after the first performance of “Pass Over.”
The new play, written by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu, is set in modern times and is inspired by the play “Waiting For Godot” and the Exodus story. This show marks Antoinette’s Broadway debut, and it’s quite fitting: Antoinette is the first Black playwright to have a show in the August Wilson Theatre since the theater’s renaming back in 2005. The late Wilson was,
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