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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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.