Broadway BUZZ

Earning acclaim as a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, Kandi Burruss has become even more recognized as an Emmy-nominated television icon, after a dozen years on Bravo’s #1-rated The Real Housewives of Atlanta and still seen in a recurring role on the popular Showtime drama The Chi. As a Tony-nominated producer, she has also spent the last several years establishing her bona fides on Broadway, working to bring compelling Black narratives to the stage, while honing her passions as an entrepreneur and humanitarian. 

Burruss is attracting new audiences to the Broadway stage. Having brought her own charismatic acting and vocal talents to Broadway as Matron “Mama” Morton in the 2018 production of Chicago, as well as an off-Broadway production of Newsical The Musical, Burruss partnered with Brian Anthony Moreland (Broadway Global’s 2021 Producer of the Year) to initially produce Thoughts of a Colored Man. In 2022 came August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Brooks, which earned her a Drama Desk Award and a Tony nomination for Best Revival of a Play. Moreland says that it was largely Burruss’s efforts that substantially increased first-time ticket buyers for both shows. Next they’ll partner for a revival of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, coming to Broadway this Spring starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer” and directed by Debbie Allen.