Crystal Lucas-Perry is an American actress. She is known for her performances on Broadway acting in the musical revival of 1776 (2022), and the Jordan E. Cooper sketch-play Ain't No Mo' (2023), the later of which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.[1]

Education

Lucas-Perry attended both Western Michigan University, from which she graduated in 2010,[2] and New York University Tisch School of the Arts, from which she graduated in 2013.[3]

Career

Lucas-Perry was a member of the cast of Jordan E. Cooper's sketch play Ain't No Mo' for its premiere Off-Broadway in 2019.[4]

In September 2022 Lucas-Perry made her Broadway debut as John Adams in the musical revival of 1776. The production was received with negative reviews with many critics noting the choice to cast its ensemble with female, transgender or nonbinary actors, citing it as misguided and missing the spirit of the original production. The New York Times theatre critic Jesse Green wrote, "Underlining one’s progressiveness a thousand times, as this 1776 does, will not actually convey it better; rather it turns characters into cutouts and distracts from the ideas it means to promote."[5] TheWrap in particular criticized Lucas-Perry's performance, writing, "John Adams may be the biggest bore ever to be the lead character in an American musical stage...Here, Crystal Lucas-Perry plays him as straight and humorless as any male actor ever has."[6]

When Ain't No Mo' transferred to Broadway at the beginning of December, she reprised her roles in the production.[7] Lucas-Perry fared better in her second outing on Broadway playing multiple characters. Deadline Hollywood wrote positively of her performance adding, "Lucas-Perry returns later in the show in one of the most emotionally powerful of the sketches...playing [a] convict to be released from a prison."[8] Although the play failed to find an audience and was a commercial failure it received six Tony Award nominations including for Lucas-Perry who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Theatre credits

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2015 Little Children Dream of God Madison Roundabout Underground [9]
Storm, Still Goneril, Edgar Brooklyn Backyard
2016 A Sign of the Times Tanya Goodspeed Musicals [11]
2017 Bastard Jones Lady Bellaston Cell Theater [12]
Bull in a China Shop Claire Tow Theater [13]
The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio Chicago Shakespeare Theater [14]
2018 A Sign of the Times Tanya Delaware Theatre Company [15]
2019 Ain't No Mo' Passenger #5 The Public Theater
A Bright Room Called Day Zillah The Public Theater [16]
2022 1776 John Adams America Repertory Theatre
American Airlines Theatre
Ain't No Mo' Passenger #5 Belasco Theatre [17]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2019 Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Ain't No Mo' Won [18]
2020 Antonyo Awards Best Featured Actor in a Play Off-Broadway A Bright Room Called Day Nominated [19]
2023 Tony Awards Best Featured Actress in a Play Ain't No Mo' Nominated [20]

References

  1. ↑ "2023 Tony Awards Nominations - Show by Show!". BroadwayWorld.com. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  2. ↑ "Our Distinguished Alumni: Crystal Lucas-Perry". Western Michigan University. 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  3. ↑ "Grad Acting: Crystal Lucas-Perry ('13) Stars in '1776' on Broadway". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  4. ↑ Hornik, Caitlin (2022-10-06). "Crystal Lucas-Perry and more complete the cast of 'Ain't No Mo on Broadway". Broadway News. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  5. ↑ "Review: '1776,' When All Men, and Only Men, Were Created Equal". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  6. ↑ "'1776' Broadway Review: Even Male Drag Can't Rescue This Musical Clunker". TheWrap. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  7. ↑ Hall, Margaret (15 December 2022). "Crystal Lucas-Perry Celebrates Her Birthday at Ain't No Mo' In Style". Playbill. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "'Ain't No Mo' & 'A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical' – Broadway Reviews". May 25, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Little Children Dream of God". TheaterMania. 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  10. Soloski, Alexis (2015-09-15). "Review: 'Storm, Still,' a Riff on 'King Lear' in a Brooklyn Backyard". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  11. ↑ Zednick, Jason (2016-07-29). "Bruce Vilanch's A Sign of the Times Comes to Goodspeed Musicals". TheaterMania. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  12. ↑ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (2017-06-26). "Review: A Bawdy 'Bastard Jones,' Dancing With a Peg Leg". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  13. ↑ Zednick, Jason (2017-02-15). "Take a Look at Enid Graham, Lizbeth Mackay, and the Cast of Bull in a China Shop". TheaterMania. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  14. ↑ Vitali, Marc (25 September 2017). "Shaking Up Shakespeare with All-Female Cast in 'Taming of the Shrew'". WTTW News. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  15. ↑ Facciolo, Christine (14 December 2018). "Delaware Theatre's 'A Sign of the Times' is nostalgic, but timely". WHYY. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  16. ↑ "Nikki M. James, Grace Gummer, and More to Lead Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day". TheaterMania. 2019-09-20. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  17. ↑ "Ain't No Mo' Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  18. ↑ Lefkowitz, Andy (5 May 2019). "Carmen Jones Leads Winners of 2019 Lucille Lortel Awards". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  19. ↑ McPhee, Ryan (June 19, 2020). "Here Are the Winners of Broadway Black's Inaugural Antonyo Awards". Playbill. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  20. ↑ Sherman, Rachel; Cohn, Gabe (May 2, 2023). "Tony Awards Nominations 2023: The Complete List". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
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