Yahya Abdul Mateen II And Corey Hawkins Reveal Why ‘TopDog/Underdog’ Sticks With You

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By Rivea Ruff· Updated September 26, 2022

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Corey Hawkins are bringing their blockbuster-selling talents to the Broadway stage in the first revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer prize-winning 2001 play, Topdog/Underdog.

The dark comedy-laden drama sees Abdul-Mateen and Hawkins as brothers Lincoln and Booth whose opposing names, chosen for them as a joke, actually predict a lifetime of conflict and resentment between them. With only each other to

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