Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed, Starring Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong’o, Begins Performances on Broadway

It's not every day that an Oscar winner makes her Broadway debut in a history-making production! Lupita Nyong’o and more will begin performances in Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed on February 23. The actress is reprising her role in the production, which previously ran at the Public Theater. Directed by Liesl Tommy, opening night is scheduled for March 6 at the Golden Theatre.

Nyong’o will reunite on stage with the off-Broadway company: Saycon Sengbloh, Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia and Zainab Jah.

Amid the chaos of the Liberian Civil War, the captive wives of a rebel officer band together to form a fragile community—until the balance of their lives is upset by the arrival of a new girl. Drawing on reserves of wit and compassion, Eclipsed reveals distinct women who must discover their own means of survival in this deeply felt portrait of women finding and testing their own strength in a hostile world of horrors not of their own making.

Eclipsed marks the first time on Broadway that the cast, director and writer of a play are made up of entirely of female artists.