The stacked producing team includes Lee Daniels, RuPaul, Jeremy O. Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, the satire first took flight with a 2018 run at the Public Theater. The play, which puts Black people on a government-funded plane back to Africa in a series of comedy sketches, is now scheduled to have its final performance on December 18, two and a half weeks after it opened on December 1. “We gotta change the face of Broadway so that somebody coming after us ain’t gotta do all this work.”īroadway has decided that Ain’t No Mo’ will be no more. “Tell people that we’re doing something special here,” he implored. During tonight’s curtain call, Cooper once again requested that audiences spread the word and continue boosting ticket sales. Harris, Denee Benton, Debbie Allen, and Dominique Morrisseau. Other significant contributors included Reverend Al Sharpton, Swizz Beatz, D-Nice, Derrick Hayes & Pinky Cole, Jeremy O. According to a press release, the resulting campaign to #SaveAintNoMo prompted performance buyouts supported by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, Queen Latifah, Tyler Perry, Shonda Rhimes, and Sara Ramirez. After the production received an eviction notice last week, Cooper - the youngest Black American playwright in Broadway history - called on fans to help extend the show’s run. We can show that shows like this can have a space on Broadway.”Īin’t No Mo’, which opened on December 1, uses a series of comedy sketches to explore what would happen if the government put Black people on flights back to Africa. “And with God’s help, we can turn that week into another week into another week into another week. “We got one more week to prove a point,” Cooper said onstage during curtain call. Cooper announced today that the production has pushed back its scheduled closing date from December 18 to December 23 thanks to community support. Update, Thursday, December 15 at 10:20 p.m.: Ain’t No Mo’ain’t leaving Broadway just yet. The Ain’t No Mo’ cast during the opening night curtain call.
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