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

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Tonight, for the first time in almost 17 months, a new play begins previews on Broadway. Called "Pass Over," it combines elements of existential drama with the Bible as it looks at two young Black men dreaming of a better tomorrow in a world of police violence. Jeff Lunden reports. JEFF LUNDEN, BYLINE: Playwright Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu loves mashing things up. ANTOINETTE CHINONYE NWANDU: As an artist, I'm always looking to remix, collage. I think that is one of the main gestures of the late 20th and early 21st century. I love R&B, I love pop. Nobody's doing anything new...

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.

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.

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...