Howard Overshown is excited to return to Broadway after starring as ‘Emanuel’ in the West End revival of The Lehman Trilogy at the National Theatre. He also performed the role at The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in Spring 2022. Broadway: A Soldier’s Play (with Blair Underwood) directed by Kenny Leon; Julius Caesar (with Denzel Washington) and Saint Joan (with Condola Rashad), both directed by Daniel Sullivan; A View from The Bridge directed by Ivo Van Hove; Free Man of Color (with Jeffery Wright) directed by George C. Wolfe. Off-Broadway: Beauty on the Vine (with Olivia Wilde); Blue (with Phylicia Rashad); YellowMan (originated role MTC with Dael Orlandersmith); Passage directed by Saheem Ali; Never the Sinner and Orlando. Other theatre includes: Sam Mendes’ International Tour of Richard III; The Tempest at Hudson Valley Shakespeare; Much Ado About Nothing, King John, Hamlet and Richard III at The Folger Shakespeare Theatre; The Great White Hope (with Mahershala Ali) and Passion Play at Arena Stage; The Christians, Clybourne Park, A Trip to Bountiful, Radio Golf, Death Of A Salesman, Art, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. TV credits include The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Girls5eva, Blue Bloods, The Affair, Law & Order (SVU and Criminal Intent), Madame Secretary, Fosse/Verdon, Bull, Kings, White Collar, Unforgettable, Allegiance. Films: Pride and Glory, Body of Lies, 13, Never Here, Grand Street, Lost Cat Corona. 2018 Ten Chimneys Fellow.
