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Now on Broadway after the George Floyd murder, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's play "Passover" is just as powerful

The first play to open on Broadway in more than a year, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's Pass Over tells the story of two young Black men dreaming of a better tomorrow in a world of police violence.

Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's play will now celebrate its Broadway premiere on August 22.

Exodus saga, Pass Over follows Moses and Kitch, two young Black men who dream of an existence beyond their street corner. After premiering at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the play opened Off-Broadway in 2018 as part of Lincoln Center Theater's LCT3 programming. A few months prior, a film version of the Chicago staging, directed by Spike Lee, debuted at Sundance Film Festival. It is now available to stream as an Amazon Prime original. Namir Smallwood and Gabriel Ebert Jeremy Daniel As previously announced, Nwandu has modified the play betwe...

Broadway is reopening with a full roster of musicals and plays coming to NYC this fall. Here's what shows are on Broadway in 2021.