‘Topdog/Underdog’ for Stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins

Abdul-Mateen, 35, is understood for his work on the HBO collection “The guard“And he’s been showing in films recently.”Ambulance“”Matrix Restoration” and “Sweet man. ” “Topdog/Underdog” will probably be his first Broadway play.

The unique Broadway manufacturing starred Jeffrey Wright and Yasiin Bey, who was referred to as Mos Def on the time.

This Twentieth-anniversary revival, scheduled to run for 16 weeks, will start previews September 27 and open October 20 on the John Golden Theater. It will likely be directed by Kenny Leon, who gained a Tony Award in 2014 for guiding the revival of “A Raisin within the Solar.” The producers are David Stone, the principle producer of “Depraved”, in addition to LaChanzeRashad V. Chambers, Marc Platt, Debra Martin Chase and the Shubert Basis.