Theater News

Dulé Hill and Jennifer Mudge to Lead Online Reading of Amiri Baraka's Dutchman

The pair starred in a 2007 revival of the play at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

Dulé Hill and Jennifer Mudge
Dulé Hill and Jennifer Mudge
(© David Gordon)

Dulé Hill and Jennifer Mudge will reunite to star in an online reading of Amiri Baraka's groundbreaking play Dutchman on Saturday, August 8 at 7pm ET. The reading will be presented by Play-PerView, with tickets starting at $5.

Hill and Mudge starred in the play at the Cherry Lane Theatre in 2007. Robert Barry Fleming will stage the reading, with a cast rounded out by Chris Myers. The evening will benefit Newark Arts.

In Dutchman, a lascivious blonde tries every way she knows to manipulate and seduce a young Black man in a New York City subway car, with devastating results. The play was first staged at the Cherry Lane Theatre in 1964.

To buy tickets, click here.