Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer to Star in New Revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer will star in a new production of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on Broadway in the spring of 2026, directed by Debbie Allen.

Having previously served as a producer on the Tony Award nominated Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, this production marks Henson’s Broadway acting debut. Cedric the Entertainer returns to the stage after making his debut in 2008 in American Buffalo. They will portray wife and husband Bertha Holly and Seth Holly, respectively.

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 drama was last seen on Broadway in 2009; it had its Broadway premiere in 1988.