The Equal Justice Initiative, the Montgomery, Alabama nonprofit that Bryan Stevenson founded in 1989, has joined the producing team of Wanted, the new musical now in previews at the James Earl Jones Theatre ahead of its November 8 opening. Broadway News reports that it is the organization’s first Broadway producing credit.
The musical tells the true story of Mary and Martha Clarke, Black twin sisters in 1890s Texas who passed as white and became outlaws in an attempt to save their mother’s home from a sharecropping debt. That history sits close to EJI’s own work: the organization runs the Legacy Sites in Montgomery, among them the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which document racial injustice in the United States.
“The Equal Justice Initiative is thrilled to co-produce this compelling and brilliant new American musical,” Bryan Stevenson said in a statement. EJI comes in alongside P3 Productions, the company behind How to Dance in Ohio, which leads the producing team.
The arrangement will also be visible inside the theater. The production and EJI are building a lobby display, due to open in November, that draws out the themes the show and the organization share and points audiences toward resources for further learning.
The book and lyrics are by Angelica Chéri, a descendant of the Clarke sisters, with music by Ross Baum. Stevie Walker-Webb directs and Chelsey Arce choreographs. Solea Pfeiffer plays Mary and Liisi LaFontaine plays Martha, with Ledisi as their mother, Tallulah, and Luke James, Bradley Jaden, Aurelia Williams and Awa Sal Secka completing the principal company. The show was previously titled Gun & Powder and played Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey in 2024 before the Broadway move.
Wanted is in previews at the James Earl Jones Theatre, 138 West 48th Street, and opens on Sunday, November 8, 2026. The production also runs a $35 digital lottery.
