The play transferred to Broadway in 2002, with Mos Def replacing Cheadle, and was hailed by critics for its theatrical virtuosity. But once you get inside of it, there is an incredibly rich set of political and theatrical layers to the piece.” “It’s a play about what it means to be brothers and what it means to be brothers who are sort of on their own in the world. “I was pretty blown away by its impact,” says Dubois, now artistic director of the Huntington Theatre Company. It’s been more than 15 years since Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog debuted at the Public Theater in New York, but the production, which starred Jeffrey Wright and Don Cheadle as two African American brothers memorably named Lincoln and Booth, made an indelible impression on Peter Dubois.
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