Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is stepping into a new phase in his career, winning a Pulitzer Prize and maybe a second Tony while writing the Prince musical “Purple Rain.” ...

This Broadway season was the highest-grossing ever recorded with shows taking in nearly $2 billion. The popularity was driven by blockbusters and surprise additions like "Purpose" -- a family drama ...

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins was getting ready for his first Met Gala on Monday afternoon when he got the news: his latest play, “Purpose,” which is now on Broadway, won this year’s Pulitzer Prize ...

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Tazewell won for Best Costume Design in the musical 'Death Becomes Her' & Jacobs-Jenkins earned his for Best Play ...

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has won several prestigious awards, including Outstanding Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Purpose. He also received Outstanding Play at The Lortels for The Comeuppance.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, a playwright and a professor in the practice of theater and performance studies in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), has been recognized with yet another distinguished ...

Another Jersey connection can be found in the 2025 Tony winner for best revival of a play. The award is also a win for Jessica Hecht, who stars in the play as Suzanne. Hecht, a Princeton native who ...

The biggest? Best Actress in a Musical ladies Nicole Scherzinger in “Sunset Blvd.” vs. Audra McDonald in “Gypsy,” and the biggest diva showdown in recent memory ended up in victory for the former ...

Paulson, who won a Tony Award in 2024 for her performance in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' earlier play, 'Appropriate,' writes: "There are few things of which I am certain in this life. We don’t ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose,’ about pressures within a prominent Black family, wins the best new play Tony Award. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This ...