Murder and the Military: A Soldier's Play, Starring David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood, Opens on Broadway
Charles Fuller's Pulitzer-winning drama A Soldier's Play opens at the American Airlines Theatre on January 21. Tony winner Kenny Leon directs the Broadway-premiere production of Roundabout Theatre Company, which began previews on December 27.
A Soldier's Play is set in 1944 following the death of a black Sergeant on a Louisiana Army base. One tenacious investigator must race against his white leadership to unravel the crime before they unravel him.
The cast is led by David Alan Grier as Sergeant Vernon C. Waters, Blair Underwood as Captain Richard Davenport, Jerry O'Connell as Captain Charles Taylor, Billy Eugene Jones as Private James Wilkie, Nnamdi Asomugha as Private First Class Melvin Peterson, McKinley Belcher III as Private Louis Henson, Rob Demery as Corporal Bernard Cobb, Jared Grimes as Private Tony Smalls, Nate Mann as Lieutenant Byrd, Warner Miller as Corporal Ellis, J. Alphonse Nicholson as Private C.J. Memphis and Lee Aaron Rosen as Captain Wilcox.
In celebration of opening night, Broadway.com Resident Artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson sketched a portrait of the production's talented cast introducing a seminal American drama to Broadway audiences.
About the Artist: With a desire to celebrate the magic of live theater and those who create it, and with a deep reverence for such touchstones as the work of Al Hirschfeld and the wall at Sardi’s, Squigs is happy and grateful to be among those carrying on the traditions where theater and caricature meet. He was born and raised in Oregon, lived in Los Angeles for quite a long time and now calls New York City his home.
