Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Raisin’s opening on Broadway, with the approval of the Hansberry Estate and in association with Production Consultant, Phylicia Rashad (Two-time Tony winner, A Raisin in the Sun and Skeleton Crew and three-time Emmy nominee), the Axelrod production will be directed by Evelyn Collins.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Sunday in the Park with George, written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, is regarded as one of the most acclaimed musicals of all time. The 1984 musical, which originally starred Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin, was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. 

New Jersey’s first professional production of the musical that Billboard calls “Hairspray meets Dear Evan Hansen,” The Prom opened on Broadway in 2018 and was a Broadway critics’ darling with six Tony nominations. Jesse Green in the New York Times called it "such a joyful hoot….it makes you believe in musical comedy again." The Axelrod’s production will be directed by Tony nominee Hunter Foster, who directed last season’s acclaimed production of The Bridges of Madison County.