Broadway BUZZ

Sharon D Clarke won the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her work in the West End production of Death of a Salesman, which she is thrilled to bring to Broadway this season alongside Wendell Pierce. She made her Broadway debut just last year in the Roundabout Theatre’s acclaimed revival of Caroline, Or Change, for which she received a 2022 Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, plus Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominations. A titan of the UK stage and screen, she originated the role of Caroline at the Minerva Theatre Chichester followed by transfers to the Hampstead Theatre, London, and then to the West End at the Playhouse Theatre, where her performance won the 2019 Olivier for Best Actress in a Musical. A three-time Olivier Award winner, her stage credits include The Amen Corner (Olivier Award), Blues in the Night, Chicago, Fame, Ghost (Manchester Theatre Award), Guys and Dolls, Hairspray, King the Musical, The Life (Offies), The Lion King, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Once on This Island, Porgy and Bess, Rent, and We Will Rock You (WhatsOnStage Award). Her film and television credits include: Oscar winner Rocketman, BAFTA winner Rocks, Doctor Who, Holby City, Show Trial, Informer, The Shadow Line, Silent Witness, The Singing Detective, Thunderbirds Are Go, and Waking the Dead. She is the 2019 recipient of the Black British Theatre Lifetime Recognition Award, and in 2017 was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year Honours for services to drama.