Tony Award winners Billy Porter and Alan Cumming have joined the production team of the new play “Sugar Daddy.” The previously announced solo piece, written and performed by Sam Morrison, will begin previews on September 20 and open on September 29 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California. Tony nominee Stephen Brackett will direct the play, which is expected to open on Broadway in 2025.
Porter has won three Tony Awards, his first in 2013 for his leading role in “Kinky Boots,” followed by a trophy in 2022 as co-producer of the winning musical “A Strange Loop” (also directed by Brackett). In 2024, Porter was awarded the Tonys’ Isabelle Stevenson Award. Porter’s film performance in the series “Pose” earned him a Primetime Emmy Award in 2019.
Cumming won two Tonys for his acting role in “Cabaret” in 1998 and, like Porter, as co-producer of 2022’s “A Strange Loop.” Cumming has been nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award, for his acting role in “The Good Wife” and for hosting “The Traitors” and the 69th Annual Tony Awards.
“Sugar Daddy” follows comedian Morrison as he struggles with the death of the love of his life caused by COVID-19. The play chronicles Morrison’s experience processing his grief through comedy.
“Sugar Daddy” is produced by Dale A. Mott and Charles D. Urstadt of Edgewood Entertainment.