{"id":66010,"date":"2013-06-19T15:35:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T15:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/06\/19\/malcolm-jamal-warner-to-star-in-kenny-leons-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:19:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:19:26","slug":"malcolm-jamal-warner-to-star-in-kenny-leons-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/malcolm-jamal-warner-to-star-in-kenny-leons-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm-Jamal Warner To Star in Kenny Leon’s Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malcolm-Jamal Warner Cast in Kenny Leon’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

June 19, 2013<\/p>\n

Source: Playbill<\/a><\/p>\n

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Emmy Award nominee Malcolm-Jamal Warner<\/strong>, who played Theo on “The Cosby Show<\/strong>,” will play Dr. John Prentice in in Todd Kreidler<\/strong>‘s stage adaptation of Guess Who\u2019s Coming to Dinner<\/strong> at Arena Stage.<\/p>\n

Directed by Kenny Leon<\/strong> (A Raisin in the Sun, Fences), performances will run Nov. 29, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014 on the Fichandler Stage.<\/p>\n

Warner\u2019s theatre credits include Three Ways Home, Cryin\u02bc Shame<\/strong> (NAACP Theater Award for Best Supporting Actor) and Freefall<\/strong> at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago; A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/strong> at the La Jolla Playhouse in California; and the West Coast debut of his one-man theatrical production of Love and Other Social Issues.<\/p>\n

Along with “The Cosby Show,” <\/strong>his TV work includes “Malcolm & Eddie,”<\/strong> which he starred in and produced, “Community,” “Hawthorne,” “The Cleaner,” “Dexter” <\/strong>and BET’s “Reed Between the Lines.”<\/strong> Film credits include “Drop Zone,” “Pictures Fools Gold,” “Restaurant,” “A Fare to Remember”<\/strong> and “The List.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Warner’s work as a director includes “Malcolm & Eddie,” “The Cosby Show,” “All That,” “Keenan & Kel,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Sesame Street,” “Reed Between the Lines”<\/strong> and the AIDS awareness video “Timeout: The Truth about HIV, AIDS, and YOU” (NAACP Key of Life Image Award).<\/p>\n

Family and culture are explored in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, when a progressive white couple’s liberal ideals are put to the test after meeting their daughter’s African-American fianc\u00e9. The 1967 Academy Award-winning film starred Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and Sidney Poitier.<\/p>\n

Tickets and more information are available by visiting arenastage.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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