Grammy Award-winning artist Billy Porter and two-time Tony Award winner Alan Cumming have joined the manufacturing crew of Sam Morrison’s one-man present Sugar Daddy.
“Sugar Daddy,” directed by Stephen Brackett, tells the story of a summer time spent in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the place Morrison “met the horny silver Zadie of his goals, igniting an eternal romance. However in the course of the pandemic, when the love of his life tragically died from COVID-19, Sam was devastated and realized the one solution to cope was by way of comedy, reside on stage in entrance of hundreds of strangers.” The synopsis reads:
“Becoming a member of the manufacturing crew of Sugar Daddy is an thrilling alternative to assist a narrative that’s each daring and deeply human,” mentioned Porter. “I’m delighted to be supporting this groundbreaking drama that challenges conference and celebrates authenticity.”
“I am thrilled to be becoming a member of Sam Morrison’s Sugar Daddy as a producer,” Cumming added. “Sam is an unbelievable performer and author, and this present is inspiring. He addresses private grief not solely with humor, however with daring tenderness and insightful imaginative and prescient. It is contemporary and loving. , additionally soiled, and I can’t wait to assist convey this unbelievable story into extra folks’s lives.
The stage play debuted to crucial acclaim on the 2022 Edinburgh Competition Fringe in Scotland, and subsequently ran Off-Broadway in New York on the SoHo Playhouse, the place it was prolonged thrice.
“Sugar Daddy” will play on the Wallis Annenberg Middle for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on September 29 and can run by way of October 13, then in 2025 Landed on Broadway in 2016.
