But instead of revolving around a white family negotiating their legacy within the annals of American history, Purpose centers a powerful Black political ... was an icon of the Civil Rights ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Five decades into her career, the Tony Award-winning actress and TV icon, making her Broadway ... beating out students from other Black elementary schools in her district ...

Jenkins could have written Broadway’s blistering “Purpose” and had the chutzpah, or the clout, to so eviscerate a powerful, theocratic Black family and, ...

"Purpose" by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ... specifically as it pertained to Black political families," Jacobs-Jenkins told NPR's Michel Martin. The production, directed by award-winning actor ...

There are framed photos of their patriarch Solomon with various Black dignitaries and a large ... comes out just right for maximal discord — and in Purpose, there is a deeper sense of authorial ...

By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic But instead of revolving around a white family negotiating their legacy within the annals of American history, Purpose centers a powerful Black political ...