Adrienne Warren to star in John Legend, Lynn Nottage musical 'Imitation of Life'

Legend and Nottage co-wrote the musical adaptation of the 1933 novel and its two film adaptations, and it will run off Broadway at The Shed starting in November.

Summary

• Adrienne Warren will star as Delilah in the new Off-Broadway musical Imitation of Life
• Performances run November 21 to January 3 at The Shed
• The story follows a white and a Black single mother trying to build a shared life with their daughters
• The show has songs by John Legend and a book by Lynn Nottage

Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) will star as Delilah in the new musical Imitation of Life off Broadway. Co-written by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (book) and Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner John Legend (music and lyrics), Imitation of Life will run at The Shed from November 21 to January 3. Opening night is December 3.

Set between 1920s Atlantic City and 1930s New York, Imitation of Life follows two single mothers, one white and one Black, and their daughters as they work to build successful lives together in a race- and class-divided world.

The musical is adapted from the same-named 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst and its two Oscar-nominated Universal film adaptations from 1934 and 1959.

Tony Award nominee Whitney White (Liberation, Jaja's African Hair Braiding) directs. Additional cast and creative team members have yet to be announced.

Check back for information on Imitation of Life tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

*Photo credit: Adrienne Warren. (Photo courtesy of production)