Odom returns to Broadway for the first time since his Tony-winning run in 'Hamilton,' this time in a moving yet satirical play set in the Jim Crow era, written by legend Ossie Davis.
Odom returns to Broadway for the first time since his Tony-winning run in "Hamilton," this time in a moving yet satirical play set in the Jim Crow era, written by legend Ossie Davis.Mathew Rodriguez
“There is music here,” Odom, 42, said in a phone interview. “It’s a great joy when it feels like we’ve hit our stride and we’re really playing the same song.” Just as the play continues to reveal itself to him, Odom hopes audiences can find meanings in this stage production that they might not find on the page. “You have to see this production to understand the full meaning of Mr. Davis’ writing,” he said.
“Truth doesn’t go out of style,” he said. Davis, who died in 2005, spoke his truth about liberation from the stage every night, and the words still hold deep meaning, Odom added. “It was true in 1961, it would have been true in 1906, and it would have been true in 1861.” Having been able to play a part in having Davis’ writing performed onstage fulfills a sort of mandate that Odom felt after the Covid pandemic, as well as the larger cultural reckoning with racism that happened in 2020. Spending time away from family, away from home, renewed his commitment to seeing Black stories onstage. “I thought, you know, from here on out I’m about truthful renderings of Black life.
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