Joshua Boone

He starred opposite Zora Howard in the 2019 film Premature.^[4] For his performance in the 2022 Tyler Perry/Netflix film A Jazzman's Blues, Boone was nominated for two NAACP Image Awards.^[5]

Boone made his Broadway debut at the Palace Theatre in 2014, in the jukebox musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, based on the music of Tupac Shakur. He originated the role of Darius.^[6] The show closed after 38 performances.^[6]

In 2018, Boone played executive Frank Hackett in Network, which starred Bryan Cranston.^[7] In All the Natalie Portmans at the MCC Theater, he was the older brother of Kara Young's protagonist.^[8][9] The play, which opened on February 24, 2020,^[10] closed on March 12, 2020 due to COVID-19 protocols in New York.^[11] He also featured in the 2022 Broadway production of Skeleton Crew. Variety reviewer Ayanna Prescod praised his performance as Dez.^[12] Boone also received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.^[13]

Starting in March 2024, he played Dallas “Dally” Winston in the musical The Outsiders.^[14] He was introduced to the production by his friend Brody Grant, who originated the role of Ponyboy.^[15] The role earned Boone a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.^[16] He left the production in late January 2025.^[17]

Boone is set to return to Broadway in April 2026 in a revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone, directed by Debbie Allen.^[18] He will play the role of Herald Loomis, originated on Broadway by Delroy Lindo in 1988.^[18]

Boone was born in Portsmouth, Virginia.^[15] In 2010, he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts with a BFA in Theatre Performance; he returned as commencement speaker to the class of 2024.^[19]