WBBM’s Carolina Garibay recaps the 2025 Tony Awards, where the Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of “Purpose” won two awards after premiering in Chicago in 2024.

Kara Young accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for “Purpose” during the 78th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8. AP ...

It’s been a successful few months for 40-year-old writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and his play, “Purpose,” which won both the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The best new play trophy at Sunday’s Tony Awards went to “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama about an accomplished black family exposing hypocrisy and ...

NEW YORK — “Purpose,” a drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins that was commissioned and first produced by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, has won the Tony Award for best play in an awards ...

Glenn Davis, Co-Artistic Director of the Steppenwolf Theatre and Solomon “Junior” Jasper in Purpose, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the success that Purpose has had. Over the weekend, the Pulitzer ...

Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company woke up Thursday morning to boffo Tony Award news as plaudits landed on its world premiere production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drama, “Purpose,” a ...

Sunday was a big night for Chicago's theater community at the Tony Awards, with Steppenwolf Theater's 'Purpose,' which premiered in Chicago last year, triumphant in its move to Broadway.

The 2025 Tony Award nominations include 3 shows first launched in Chicago, like the Steppenwolf Theatre drama 'Purpose.' CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Tony nominees were just revealed Thursday morning.

NEW YORK (AP) — The best new play trophy at Sunday's Tony Awards went to "Purpose," Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family exposing hypocrisy and pressures ...

Kara Young accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for "Purpose" during the 78th annual Tony Awards on Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York.