{"id":539053,"date":"2026-07-22T18:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/539053\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:58:08","slug":"tracee-ellis-ross-on-making-her-broadway-debut-in-every-brilliant-thing-it-feels-like-flying-broadway-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/539053\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracee Ellis Ross on Making Her Broadway Debut in Every Brilliant Thing: “It Feels Like Flying” | Broadway Buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tracee Ellis Ross<\/a> has stepped into the life-affirming play Every Brilliant Thing<\/a>\u00a0at the Hudson Theatre. The Black-ish star joined the solo show on July 7 and will perform through its closing date on August 9. Broadway.com caught up with Ross at a red carpet event celebrating her brilliant Broadway debut.<\/p>\n

Every Brilliant Thing relies on audience participation to tell the story of one person\u2019s journey through life. Speaking to this symbiotic relationship, Ross says, \u201cTheater is a shared experience anyway, but this collaboration that happens with the audience\u2014and the fact that this story can’t be told without them\u2014just felt magic to me and felt so Tracee. It’s kind of the way I tell a story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jonny Donahoe, who co-wrote Every Brilliant Thing with Duncan Macmillan, praised his play\u2019s latest leading lady. \u201cTracee is just a magic powerhouse of warmth and generosity. She envelops you in a sort of hug through the show that is just so her,\u201d Donahoe gushes. \u201cShe’s brought all sorts of new bits and pieces into the script. We always encourage performers to alter things to make it suit who they are and where they’re from in their life and she’s done that so brilliantly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though making your Broadway debut is an intimidating feat, Ross takes comfort in her newfound community. Reflecting on this new chapter in her career, she says, \u201cIt feels like flying with my feet on the ground. It’s one of those things that’s challenging and frightening and extraordinary. It’s like you’re stepping into the legacy of what Broadway is. You’re stepping into the greatness of that. I think the biggest and most delicious surprise about this is them, is the Broadway community. It makes me want to cry. They don’t let you fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the video below!<\/p>\n


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