On the heels of her Academy Award-winning, breakout performance in 12 Years a Slave, LUPITA NYONG'O stunned critics and audiences in the Public Theater's sold-out hit ECLIPSED- the "scorching and powerful" (The Guardian) new play by Zimbabwean-American playwright and actress DANAI GURIRA (star of AMC's "The Walking Dead" and co-author of In the Continuum). Now, the global star makes her Broadway debut in this "must-see" (NBC New York) production written, directed and performed entirely by female artists.
ECLIPSED is the story of five extraordinary women brought together by upheaval in their homeland of Liberia. They forge a close-knit community... one that inspires them to feats of increasingly greater strength. Directed by South African-born LIESL TOMMY (The Good Negro, Appropriate), ECLIPSED is a stirring tale of hope, humor and resilience- and the only new play by a woman on Broadway this season.
It's a common lament that there are no good roles for women. But Danai Gurira, a playwright and actress known as Michonne on 'The Walking Dead,' has packed this harrowing, albeit sometimes heavy-handed, 2008 drama with five of them....Liesl Tommy's taut staging provides an excellent showcase for the play. The cast is uniformly very good and while performances have deepened and feel more lived-in uptown, there are still few moments - light and serious - when individuals tilt toward being overly showy, as though they're performing. Despite that, plus a few music miscues at a recent performance, the play is unsettling and eye-opening.
'Eclipsed' is a colorful and fiery drama, and one that no doubt stands bracingly apart from ordinary Broadway fare. But there's more here than just that....The performances are top-notch. I loved Nyong'o, who is vulnerable, comical and charismatic, as a still-malleable girl on the cusp of womanhood. I was touched, as well, by Sengboh and Armand, who are torn between the enemy they know, and the uncertainties of a life without his protection.
2015 | Off-Broadway |
Public Theatre Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
2016 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Saycon Sengbloh |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Lupita Nyong'o |
2016 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Danai Gurira |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Lupita Nyong'o |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Pascale Armand |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Zainab Jah |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Saycon Sengbloh |
2016 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | Danai Gurira |
2016 | The Lortels | Outstanding Costume Design | Clint Ramos |
2016 | The Lortels | Outstanding Director | Liesl Tommy |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Play | Clint Ramos |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Liesl Tommy |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Pascale Armand |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play | Saycon Sengbloh |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Lupita Nyong'o |
2016 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Danai Gurira |
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