TOPDOG/UNDERDOG Wins Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play

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Suzan-Lori Parks and the producers, creative team, and cast of Topdog/Underdog | Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images

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June 11, 2023 9:12 PM
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A Topdog indeed! Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog has won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Topdog/Underdog beat out fellow nominees August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, A Doll’s House, and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.

Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog, a darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke by their father. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three-card monte, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their history.

The revival was nominated for a total of three Tony Award nominations, both for Best Leading Actor in a Play for the show’s leading men Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins. Suzan-Lori Parks won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Topdog/Underdog as well.

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Jordanna Brody

Originally from South Florida, Jordanna Brody graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Theatre Education and Performance in 2019. Her experience teaching, performing, directing, and working behind the scenes informs her perspective on theatre in every way. She is passionate about uplifting marginalized voices and innovative theatrical experiences.

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