Purpose officially opened last night, March 18, at the Helen Hayes Theater, featuring Phylicia Rashad making her Broadway directorial debut. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos from opening night below!

The play, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, features Two-time Tony Award nominee LaTANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON, HARRY LENNIX, Steppenwolf ensemble member JON MICHAEL HILL, Steppenwolf ensemble member and Co-Artistic Director GLENN DAVIS, Steppenwolf Ensemble member ALANA ARENAS, and Tony Award winner KARA YOUNG. Read the reviews here.

For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there are cracks and secrets just under the surface. When the youngest son Nazareth returns home with an uninvited friend in tow, the family is forced into a reckoning with itself, its faith and the legacies of Black political power and familial duty.

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas 

Harry Lennix, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Jon Michael Hill, Kara Young, Glenn Davis and Alana Arenas

Photos: The Cast of PURPOSE Takes Opening Night Bows  Image
Kara Young, Glenn Davis and Alana Arenas


Jon Michael Hill and Kara Young


Glenn Davis and Alana Arenas


Harry Lennix


LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Jon Michael Hill


Jon Michael Hill and Kara Young


Harry Lennix, LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Jon Michael Hill


Kara Young


Glenn Davis and Alana Arenas


LaTanya Richardson Jackson


Harry Lennix


Harry Lennix, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Jon Michael Hill, Kara Young, Glenn Davis and Alana Arenas


Signage for “Purpose” at The Hayes Theatre

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