Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWhen Namir Smallwood took the stage for the first preview of his first show on Broadway, the audience gave him and his “Pass Over” co-star Jon Michael Hill a thunderous standing ovation.
They stood and shouted for the actors, but also in recognition of the history being made that night in at the August Wilson Theatre, where “Pass Over” has become the first show to return after more than a year of COVID-related closures.“As soon as the curtain went up people were going crazy,” remembers Smallwood. “When we finished the play, there were three curtain calls.
Theater is all about energy, so as an actor you feed off a response like that.”“Pass Over” also marks an important milestone in the.
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