We went to dinner and I literally could not speak. In a statement, Randoph-Wright said, “The first time I met Sidney Poitier was decades ago when he saw a show I co-wrote and directed in Los Angeles. Santiago-Hudson is also on Broadway this season as the author, director and star of “Lackawanna Blues.” He previously directed the Tony-winning Broadway premiere of August Wilson’s “Jitney” and will direct the upcoming Broadway premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s “Skeleton Crew.” Randolph-Wright is the author of “Blue” and the upcoming “American Prophet: Frederick Douglass In His Own Words.” He is also the director of Roundabout Theatre Company’s critically acclaimed revival of Alice Childress’ “Trouble in Mind,” which opened on Broadway this fall. The play is adapted from Poitier’s best-selling autobiography “The Measure of a Man.” “Sidney” is produced by Ron Gillyard (“Born for This”) Poitier’s daughter, filmmaker Anika Poitier and Barry Krost. The play is being mounted with the support of the Poitier family, which selected both Randolph-Wright and Santiago-Hudson to write and direct the production. Titled “Sidney,” the show will trace Poitier’s youth on Cat Island in the Bahamas to his rise to become one of the world’s biggest stars. Now, Poitier’s legendary life as a performer, director, and activist will be dramatized in a new Broadway play that will be written by Charles Randolph-Wright and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
He also broke racial barriers as a leading man and top box office draw in the 1950s and 1960s, and became the first African American male to win an Oscar for best actor for his performance in “Lilies of the Field.” Though best known for his film work in front of the camera, Poitier also became a director making hits such as “Stir Crazy.” On stage, he appeared in the first production of “A Raisin in the Sun.” In films like “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “In the Heat of the Night,” Poitier turned in powerful performances that electrified audiences. Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is the editor.Few stars shone as brightly as Sidney Poitier. Prasad Murella cranks the camera, while Mamidala Thirupathi provides dialogues and Sahi Suresh is the art director. Music composer Mahati Swara Sagar collaborates with Nithiin for the third time, after ‘Bheeshma’ and ‘Maestro’. Billed to be a pucca mass and commercial entertainer with political elements, the movie also boasts of stellar cast and will have leading craftsmen working for it. This is the first time association for both the heroines with actor Nithiin.ĭirector MS Raja Shekhar Reddy has prepared a powerful script to present Nithiin in a never-seen-before action role in the film.
However, the makers have not spilled any beans on Catherine’s role in the upcoming flick. Several of her fans wonder if the actor will play a politician once again like in the film ‘Sarrainodu’. The film, produced by Sudhakar Reddy and Nikitha Reddy under Sreshth Movies banner, is scheduled to be released on April 29, 2022, as a summer holiday treat for the audience.Ĭatherine Tresa, who shot into the limelight among the Telugu audience with her 2013 film ‘Iddarammayilatho’ along with Allu Arjun and Amala Paul, was seen in films like ‘Sarrainodu’, ‘Nene Raju Nene Manthri’ and recently in the Vijay Deverakonda-starrer in ‘World Famous Lover’. “Excited to be working with and See you in theatres on the 29th of April 2022(sic),” the actor wrote.