The duo struggles to make ends meet with their degrading jobs, leading each one towards getting back into the high-risk-high-reward street game, three-card monte. The dark comedy centers around two brothers named Lincoln (Hawkins) and Booth (Abdul-Mateen II) who are forced to live together after Lincoln is tossed out by his wife. The original production was also a star-studded event that featured Don Cheadle (who would later step down and be replaced by Mos Def) and Jeffrey Wright. The following year, it found its home at Broadway’s Ambassador Theater where it ran for four months. The Pulitzer winning drama by Suzan-Lori Parks first hit the stages of off-Broadway in 2001. Today it was announced that the two actors will star in the Broadway return of Topdog/Underdog this fall in a very limited, 16-week run. If you’ve ever hoped to see Corey Hawkins and/or Yahya Abdul-Mateen II doing their thing up close and personal, you’ll soon have your chance.
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