Several producers of Broadway’s revival of August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” are from Atlanta including Kandi Burruss, Tyler Perry and Shamea Morton, all on the April 25, 2026 red carpet outside the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. (L-C: AP, R: Courtesy of Shamea Morton)
A Tony-nominated revival of a classic August Wilson play has been partially financed by an array of prominent Atlantans including media mogul Tyler Perry and entrepreneur Kandi Burruss.
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” ― which opened last month in New York City at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway and is set to run through July 26 ― stars Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer and Tony-winning actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
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Kandi Burruss attends the Broadway opening night of August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” at the Barrymore Theatre on Saturday, April 25, 2026, in New York. (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
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Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson star in Broadway’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” (Julieta Cervantes)
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Atlantans Deborah Riley Draper (left) and Joycelyn Moore are producers involved in “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” now on Broadway. (Courtesy of Deborah Riley Draper)
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Shamea Morton on the red carpet at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre for opening day of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” Her mom Sarah is in the background. (Courtesy of Shamea Morton)
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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
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