The best new play trophy at Sunday's Tony Awards went to “Purpose,” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama about an ...

"Purpose" made it's pre-Broadway world premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre in 2024. Young picked up the award for best ...

On Sunday night, Young won her second Tony Award for best actress in a featured role in a play for the show Purpose, in which ...

Young’s work has earned her a Tony Award nomination and a chance to make history. Already the first Black person to be ...

Kara Young has already made Tony Award history by becoming the first Black person to receive Tony acting nominations in four ...

Hosted by Cynthia Erivo, this year’s ceremony highlighted powerful performances, unforgettable reunions, and landmark wins ...

Kara Young has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for PURPOSE.

Kara Young has starred in four Broadway plays and been Tony-nominated for all of them. The actress still can't believe it herself.

Stars of the stage showed up in droves on Sunday for the 78th Annual Tony Awards, which saw nearly three dozen Broadway shows ...

Kara Young just became the second Black person to win a consecutive Tony Award winner two years in a row. Young won the award for her role in 'Purpose'. She spoke about the theatre being a safe space ...

In “Purpose,” Kara Young has found her perfect artistic vehicle. The play demands space for contemporary Black voices.