It’s an enormous season for Black voices on Broadway. Be it revivals of Pulitzer Prize-winning material from Black playwrights, debuts from Black creators breaking ground of their fields, grand openings, and renamings that honor Black legends, this winter’s stages are full of can’t-miss moments.

Stars of the screen like Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and John David Washington are making splashes on stage for his or her first activate Broadway, bringing the words of Suzan Lori-Parks and August Wilson to life, while Wendell Pierce and Emilie Kouatchou are shattering ceilings as first-ever Black leads in classic plays.

Catch these shows while you’ll be able to! Take a look at what’s latest and Black on Broadway this winter below.

01

Ain’t No Mo’

Produced by Lee Daniels and the brainchild of star Jordan E. Cooper, the youngest American playwright in Broadway history, this mischievous comedy examines the scenario of the U.S. offering reparations for generations of ills and ongoing racism…by giving Black Americans one-way tickets back to the motherland.

Opening Dec. 1 – Belasco Theatre

02

Some Like It Hot

A multicultural reimagining of the famed 1959 comedy classic, this musical comedy caper follows 2 struggling jazz musicians who’ve the actual misfortune of witnessing a mob hit in prohibition-era Chicago. On the run for his or her lives, they take refuge in disguise – masquerading as women in an all-female traveling jazz band. With heavy buzz and a production boost from Mariah Carey, this is bound to be a hot ticket all winter long.

Ongoing – Shubert Theatre

03

Topdog/Underdog

The primary-ever revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, directed by the legendary Kenny Leon, Topdog/Underdog brings Corey Hawkins and Broadway newcomer Yahya Abdul-Mateen II together for an emotional sleight of hand as two brothers thrust together to work through the worst of circumstances and locked in a loop of fruitless sibling rivalry. Catch this limited engagement before its mid-January close.

Through January 15 – John Golden Theatre

04

Death of a Salesman

Renowned television actor Wendell Pierce is the primary Black man to guide this production, starring as Willy Loman, a person with 24 hours left to live, who examines his existence through memories and dreams and recounts various confrontations over his refusal to simply accept change and lack of his sense of self. Catch Pierce while you’ll be able to, as this one is one other limited engagement.

Through January 15 – Hudson Theatre

05

The Piano Lesson

John David Washington makes his Broadway debut on this revival of an August Wilson classic, alongside his “Aunt and Uncle,” director LaTanya Richardson Jackson and co-star Samuel L. Jackson. Also starring Danielle Brooks, the play finds a brother and sister duo fighting tooth and nail over the fate of a rare family heirloom; a piano carved with the faces of their family ancestors. Only through revisiting their very own history can they’ve hope of moving forward. Catch this limited engagement while you’ll be able to.

Through January 29 – Ethel Barrymore Theatre

06

Phantom of the Opera

Broadway’s longest-running classic, this season finds the production with its first-ever Black female lead. Emilie Kouatchou breaks ground as Christine Daaé, a young operatic phenom whose voice and wonder mesmerizes a disfigured musical genius who stalks the Paris Opera House in secret.

Ongoing – Majestic Theatre

07

MJ: The Musical

A jukebox-style sing-along musical, this toe-tapping production follows the life, times, and timeless hits of one in every of the best performers of the twentieth century.

Ongoing – Neil Simon Theatre

08

A Strange Loop

This laugh-out-loud funny musical and 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winner follows a Black queer author, writing a musical a couple of Black queer author writing a musical, a couple of Black queer author writing a musical… A semi-autobiographic tale about creator Michael R. Jackson, with all words music and lyrics coming straight from his soul.

Through January 15 – Lyceum Theatre

09

Ohio State Murders

Legendary Broadway actress Audra McDonald leads this Kenny Leon-directed mystery, following a famed author who returns to her collegiate stomping grounds with the intention of unveiling a shocking truth about what happened to her there while she was a student.

Opening December 8, 2022 – James Earl Jones Theatre