Joe Turner's Come and Gone Revival Extends Broadway Run Ahead of 1st Preview

Joe Turner's Come and Gone Revival Extends Broadway Run Ahead of 1st Preview

Directed by Debbie Allen, the August Wilson work will play Broadway’s Barrymore, where the play premiered in 1988.

March 24, 2026 By Margaret Hall

The upcoming revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone has preemptively extended its run on Broadway.

The limited engagement, which will begin previews March 30, will now run through July 19, adding a week to its previously announced run. The production will officially open April 25.

Directed by Golden Globe and four-time Emmy winner Debbie Allen, Joe Turner's Come and Gone will play Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre, the same theatre where the play premiered at in 1988.

As previously reported, the production will star Taraji P. Henson as Bertha Holly, Cedric the Entertainer as Seth Holly, Joshua Boone as Herald Loomis, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Bynum Walker. They will be joined onstage by Savannah Commodore and Dominique Skye Turner, who will share the role of Zonia Loomis; Bradley Stryker as Rutherford Selig; Tripp Taylor as Jeremy Furlow; and Christopher Woodley and Jackson Edward Davis, who will share the role of Reuben Scott. Jasmine Batchelor, Rosalyn Coleman, Thomas Michael Hammond, Cayden McCoy, and Kevyn Morrow will serve as understudies.

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Set in 1911, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone takes place in a Pittsburgh boarding house run by the steady Seth and the open-hearted Bertha Holly—a refuge for Black travelers navigating the upheaval of the Great Migration. Among them is Herald Loomis, a man searching for his lost wife—and for the self he lost during seven years of illegal enslavement under Joe Turner. The work is the second in Wilson's American Century Cycle.

Allen will lead a robust creative team, including Oscar, Emmy, and Tony winning costume designer Paul Tazewell, Tony winning scenic designer David Gallo, Drama Desk nominated lighting designer Stacey Derosier, Tony nominated lighting designer Justin Ellington, and Oscar, BAFTA, and Emmy winning hairstylist Mia Neal.