Christopher Demos-Brown is a Miami trial lawyer, and playwright with over a dozen full-length plays and screenplays to his credit.[1] Several of his plays have earned multiple regional theater awards over the years but it wasn't until November 4, 2018 that American Son debuted as his first Broadway play, opening at the historic Booth Theatre. The play was directed by Kenny Leon, and starred Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan and Eugene Lee.[2] His film adaptation of the play, also titled American Son, premiered on Netflix in November 2019 as a television drama, and was nominated for a 2020 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.[3]
- ^ Stevens, Beth (2018-11-23). "American Son Playwright Christopher Demos-Brown on Tackling Big Issues and Attracting Bold Names with His Broadway Debut". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Review: 'American Son' Puts Kerry Washington in a Maternal Nightmare". The New York Times. 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ Keveney, Bill (2020-07-28). "Emmys 2020: The nominations list". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-08-23.