Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway Tickets

Get Joe Turner's Come and Gone tickets when they go on sale on New York Theatre Guide to see legendary cast take on August Wilson's classic: Golden Globe Award winner Taraji P. Henson and NAACP Image Award winner Cedric “The Entertainer” join forces to play an iconic stage couple, Bertha Holly and Seth Holly. Joe Turner's Come and Gone plays this season, coming to a Broadway theatre to be announced soon.

Golden Globe Award and four-time Emmy Award winner Debbie Allen directs this new production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway, bringing Wilson's story of 1911 Pittsburgh to the present. In a boarding house run by the steady Seth and the open-hearted Bertha , the home offers a refuge for Black travelers navigating the upheaval of the Great Migration. One traveller 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.

As old hurts resurface and spiritual forces awaken, Loomis’s journey becomes a powerful quest for identity, selfhood, and healing. Around him, the world keeps turning as others seek connection, purpose, and a future shaped by more than pain. Wilson's poetic dialogue and deeply human characters offers a singular story of resilience and rebirth.

In a statement, producer Brian Anthony Moreland shared, “We are truly honored to return to August Wilson’s legacy. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is Wilson’s seminal masterpiece — an unflinching exploration of pain, identity, and hope. With Debbie Allen’s visionary direction and this extraordinary cast, the entire company will present a performance that resonates deeply and lingers in the hearts and minds of all who experience it.”

Allen, a Broadway vet, made her Broadway debut in 1970 in Purlie and has since starred in Raisin, Ain’t Misbehavin’, West Side Story, and Sweet Charity. Now, she directs two entertainment titans in this revival. Tickets to Joe Turner's Come and Gone in New York will be available here soon.