A Soldier's Play at The Kennedy Center

A Soldier's Play

The Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW Washington

The Pulitzer Prize-winning thriller has rocketed back into the spotlight thanks to this 2020 Tony-winning Best Revival. In 1944, on a Louisiana Army base, two shots ring out. A Black sergeant is murdered, triggering a gripping barrage of questions about sacrifice, service, and identity in America. Broadway's leading man Norm Lewis stars in the show Variety calls "a knock-your-socks-off-drama."

Thru - Jan 8, 2023

Stage: Eisenhower Theater

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 202-467-4600

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

"...Derek McLane's rustic set, featuring two tiers of wooden scaffolding, makes an imposing backdrop to the insular tale. But considering that Fuller imbues his straightforward procedural with big ideas about the cascading consequences of oppression, the grandiose setting feels apt. It's no wonder an actor of Lewis's caliber enlisted for this tour - all these years later, Fuller's potent words are still worth fighting for."

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- Thomas Floyd

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Layers of racism, baked into the toxic soil of the Deep South, were masterfully excavated by Charles Fuller in his 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, A Soldier's Play. A revival of this searing play, directed by Kenny Leon, has begun its national tour at the Kennedy Center. Even after 40 years and countless subsequent examinations of race in America, Fuller's absorbing and thought-provoking work still packs a punch."

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- Amy Kotkin

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...Roundabout's 2020 Tony Award-winning Best Revival of a Play is launching its national tour at the Kennedy Center this month. At the top of "A Soldier's Play," unseen men sing a melody that begins hauntingly, and ends rousingly, placing you in the mood for a show that is similarly emotionally stirring, and where there is more at play than meets the eye."

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- Norah Dick

Theatre Bloom - Highly Recommended

"..."War! Huh, (good God), What is it good for?" Well, that's a loaded question for another day. But back in 1944 on a segregated southern Louisiana Army Base, the promise of deployment to the battle front is a dream for many of our young characters of color that yearn for a chance of serving their country, and perhaps getting the chance to see a part of the world that doesn't follow Jim Crow laws. In this tale set at the height of WWII, the story is not what is happening on the shores of Normandy or Iwo Jima, but the events happening in our own domestic backyard of Louisiana after the murder of a black Sergeant."

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- Erin Tarpley

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

"...A searing indictment of prejudice and racism in all its permutations wrapped in a fascinating "whodunit" mystery ----the compelling Pulitzer-Prize winning play by Charles Fuller, A Soldier's Play, is now a knockout of a production at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater."

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- David Friscic

A Soldier's Play at The Kennedy Center

A Soldier's Play

A Soldier's Play Reviews

Washington Post - Highly Recommended

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

Theatre Bloom - Highly Recommended

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

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