About the Show

The Pulitzer Prize-winning mystery about the murder of a black sergeant on a Louisiana army base in 1944 comes to Broadway for the first time, starring David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood.

From the show:

1944. A black Sergeant is murdered on a Louisiana Army base, and one tenacious investigator must race against his white leadership to unravel the crime before they unravel him.

A hair-raising drama that reverberates with the “authentic and exciting pulse” (Ben Brantley, The New York Times) of mystery, Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece rockets onto Broadway for the first time, starring three-time Tony nominee David Alan Grier and Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood and directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun).

Critic Reviews (28)

"In ‘A Soldier’s Play,’ an Endless War Against Black Men: The Broadway premiere of Charles Fuller’s 1981 drama finds premonitions of today in the story of a 1944 murder."
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4/5 Stars. "As directed by Kenny Leon in its first Broadway production, however, the play is sturdy instead of creaky: Like the bare wood of Derek McLane’s set, it gets the job done, and it provides a platform for powerful moments and performances. "
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"'A Soldier’s Play' Is a Procedural With Bite"
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"Race Relations and Wartime Woes: In this Broadway revival, the 1944 murder of a black sergeant has an investigator wondering if he was killed by the Klan or one of his own men."
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"‘A Soldier’s Play’ Broadway Review: Stars David Alan Grier & Blair Underwood Earn Stripes In Charles Fuller’s Potent 1981 Masterpiece"
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"‘A Soldier’s Play’ is as powerful as ever after nearly 40 years"
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"‘A Soldier’s Play’ finally lands on Broadway, ‘crackles with relevancy’ as it takes on racism"
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"Director Kenny Leon stages a crackerjack revival of this 1981 play that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama."
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Creative team

Roundabout Theatre Company

Sergeant Vernon C. Waters