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.” ...

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’s Tony-nominated play “Purpose,” set in the Chicago home of a family of Black upper-class civil rights leaders, seems, at first, to be inspired by the political drama ...

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

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 ...

"Purpose" by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, now on Broadway under the direction of longtime actress Phylicia Rashad, explores the generational conflicts in the civil rights movement.

Dominik Bindl/Getty Images. Just weeks after the premiere of his new Broadway play Purpose, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has more to celebrate after being named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential ...

Branden Jacobs Jenkins chats with THR at the 2025 Tony Awards and shares why it's important for people to see Purpose and why it's important for it to be represented in this Broadway season.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ ‘Purpose,’ about pressures within a prominent Black family, wins the best new play Tony Award. Associated Press. Mon, June 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM UTC.

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 ...

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 ...