GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNER TARAJI P. HENSON TO RECEIVE FAMED SARDI’S PORTRAIT
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD® WINNER AND ACADEMY AWARD®,
TONY AWARD®, SAG AWARD® & EMMY AWARD® NOMINEE
TARAJI P. HENSON
TO RECEIVE
FAMED SARDI’S PORTRAIT
ON TUESDAY, JUNE 23
TO CELEBRATE
HER BROADWAY DEBUT IN
AUGUST WILSON’S
“JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE”
Photo by Julieta Cervantes
New York, NY (June 22, 2026) – Producer Brian Anthony Moreland announced today that Golden Globe Award® Winner and Academy Award®, Tony Award®, Sag Award®, and Emmy Award® Nominee Taraji P. Henson will receive a famed Sardi’s Portrait, which will be the final unveiling under the proprietorship of Max Klimavicius, on June 23, 2026, to celebrate her Broadway debut in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is currently playing its limited engagement at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) through Sunday, July 26.
Tickets are on sale now at www.telecharge.com, by calling 212 239 6200, or at the Barrymore Theatre box office. For more information, visit www.JoeTurnerBway.com.
Starring Taraji P. Henson as ‘Bertha Holly’ and Cedric “The Entertainer” as ‘Seth Holly,’ this production is directed by Golden Globe Award, four-time Emmy Award winner and recipient of the 2026 Academy Honorary Award, Debbie Allen.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone also stars Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson as ‘Bynum Walker,’ Tony Award nominee Joshua Boone as ‘Herald Loomis,’ Maya Boyd as ‘Molly Cunningham,’ Savannah Commodore and Dominique Skye Turner sharing the role of ‘Zonia Loomis,’ Abigail Onwunali as ‘Martha Loomis,’ Bradley Stryker as ‘Rutherford Selig,’ Tripp Taylor as ‘Jeremy Furlow,’ Christopher Woodley and Jackson Edward Davis sharing the role of ‘Reuben Scott,’ and Nimene Sierra Wureh as ‘Mattie Campbell.’ Understudies for the production are Jasmine Batchelor, Rosalyn Coleman, Thomas Michael Hammond, Cayden McCoy, and Kevyn Morrow.
The design team for Joe Turner’s Come and Gone features Academy Award®, BAFTA Award®, and Tony Award® winner Paul Tazewell (costume design), Tony Award winner David Gallo (scenic design), Tony Award and Drama Desk Award® nominee Stacey Derosier (lighting design), Tony Award nominee Justin Ellington (sound design), Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Emmy Award® winner Mia Neal (hair and wig design), Tony Award nominee Steve Bargonetti (Original Music & Music Supervisor), Dawn-Elin Fraser (vocal coach), David Blackwell (associate director), Casting by ARC (casting director), and Johnny Milani (production stage manager). Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is lead produced by Brian Anthony Moreland with 101 Productions, Ltd./Chris Morey serving as general managers.
Set in 1911, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone unfolds in a Pittsburgh boarding house run by the steadfast Seth and warm-hearted Bertha Holly. Their home offers refuge to Black travelers navigating the upheaval of the Great Migration. Among them is Herald Loomis, a man on a quest to reunite with his lost wife—and to reclaim the self he was forced to abandon during seven years of forced labor under Joe Turner.
As buried traumas surface and spiritual forces awaken, Loomis’s journey becomes one of profound self-discovery. Around him, others seek connection, direction, and healing from a past marked by pain. Through poetic dialogue and vivid, deeply human characters, Wilson crafts a powerful meditation on identity, resilience, and renewal.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is the second installment in Wilson’s American Century Cycle — his groundbreaking ten-play series chronicling the African American experience in each decade of the 20th century. This long-awaited revival brings Wilson’s enduring legacy back to Broadway, reaffirming the urgent, timeless relevance of his work.
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