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A father, a daughter, and the legacy neither can escape. Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle star in Proof through July 19th only.

“The proof is in the pudding!” Don Cheadle (@doncheadle) and Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) on why the revival of Proof (@proofbroadway) feels like answered prayers.

Read their May feature at the link in our bio.
✍️ @dylanmarieparent
📸 @vi_vacityy

“The proof is in the pudding!” Don Cheadle (@doncheadle) and Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) on why the revival of Proof (@proofbroadway) feels like answered prayers.

Read their May feature at the link in our bio.
✍️ @dylanmarieparent
📸 @vi_vacityy

“The proof is in the pudding!” Don Cheadle (@doncheadle) and Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) on why the revival of Proof (@proofbroadway) feels like answered prayers.

Read their May feature at the link in our bio.
✍️ @dylanmarieparent
📸 @vi_vacityy

“The proof is in the pudding!” Don Cheadle (@doncheadle) and Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) on why the revival of Proof (@proofbroadway) feels like answered prayers.

Read their May feature at the link in our bio.
✍️ @dylanmarieparent
📸 @vi_vacityy

“The proof is in the pudding!” Don Cheadle (@doncheadle) and Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) on why the revival of Proof (@proofbroadway) feels like answered prayers.

Read their May feature at the link in our bio.
✍️ @dylanmarieparent
📸 @vi_vacityy

“The proof is in the pudding!” Don Cheadle (@doncheadle) and Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) on why the revival of Proof (@proofbroadway) feels like answered prayers.

Read their May feature at the link in our bio.
✍️ @dylanmarieparent
📸 @vi_vacityy

“The proof is in the pudding!” Don Cheadle (@doncheadle) and Ayo Edebiri (@ayoedebiri) on why the revival of Proof (@proofbroadway) feels like answered prayers.

Read their May feature at the link in our bio.
✍️ @dylanmarieparent
📸 @vi_vacityy

My dear friend @DonCheadle put it beautifully: storytelling is at the heart of everything we do. And theater is a perfect place to hone that skill. You don’t have to be a big star — I still remember what I learned from the improv and operetta workshops I did as a kid in Chicago.

Whether you’re performing center stage or helping out behind the curtain, the lessons we take from live theater can be priceless.

I hope you’ll check out our conversation on @imopodcasts now on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform. And if you’re a fan of theater, make sure to check out @proofbroadway, too!

Don Cheadle on finding an instant father-daughter rhythm with Ayo Edebiri in Proof, from @IMOpodcasts.

You don’t get the sense that Boots Riley will sign up for a “one for them” studio movie anytime soon. The director has devoted himself to telling one story across all his projects, about the inherently exploitative nature of a capitalist system that robs the working class of its humanity, the scams people resort to in order to survive within this framework, and the psychological damage this inflicts on both the large class of people being crushed by this system and the small class of people exerting its pressure. ‘I Love Boosters’ is his latest exploration of that struggle.

Don Cheadle—who is all but unrecognizable in ‘Boosters,’ sporting a fat suit, facial prosthetics, and waist-length fake dreads as Dr. Jack, a pyramid-scheme scammer—sees Riley’s work as the best kind of propaganda. Namely, the kind that’s actually entertaining.: “Proselytizing often doesn’t work. Soapboxing doesn’t work. It’s like, Let’s get them in here. Let’s get people laughing. Let’s get people intoxicated by the experience of the storytelling, and then understand that there’s a lot deeper work happening.”

Read as @BootsRiley and @DonCheadle discuss that "deeper work" in our #GQHYPE feature at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

You don’t get the sense that Boots Riley will sign up for a “one for them” studio movie anytime soon. The director has devoted himself to telling one story across all his projects, about the inherently exploitative nature of a capitalist system that robs the working class of its humanity, the scams people resort to in order to survive within this framework, and the psychological damage this inflicts on both the large class of people being crushed by this system and the small class of people exerting its pressure. ‘I Love Boosters’ is his latest exploration of that struggle.

Don Cheadle—who is all but unrecognizable in ‘Boosters,’ sporting a fat suit, facial prosthetics, and waist-length fake dreads as Dr. Jack, a pyramid-scheme scammer—sees Riley’s work as the best kind of propaganda. Namely, the kind that’s actually entertaining.: “Proselytizing often doesn’t work. Soapboxing doesn’t work. It’s like, Let’s get them in here. Let’s get people laughing. Let’s get people intoxicated by the experience of the storytelling, and then understand that there’s a lot deeper work happening.”

Read as @BootsRiley and @DonCheadle discuss that "deeper work" in our #GQHYPE feature at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

You don’t get the sense that Boots Riley will sign up for a “one for them” studio movie anytime soon. The director has devoted himself to telling one story across all his projects, about the inherently exploitative nature of a capitalist system that robs the working class of its humanity, the scams people resort to in order to survive within this framework, and the psychological damage this inflicts on both the large class of people being crushed by this system and the small class of people exerting its pressure. ‘I Love Boosters’ is his latest exploration of that struggle.

Don Cheadle—who is all but unrecognizable in ‘Boosters,’ sporting a fat suit, facial prosthetics, and waist-length fake dreads as Dr. Jack, a pyramid-scheme scammer—sees Riley’s work as the best kind of propaganda. Namely, the kind that’s actually entertaining.: “Proselytizing often doesn’t work. Soapboxing doesn’t work. It’s like, Let’s get them in here. Let’s get people laughing. Let’s get people intoxicated by the experience of the storytelling, and then understand that there’s a lot deeper work happening.”

Read as @BootsRiley and @DonCheadle discuss that "deeper work" in our #GQHYPE feature at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

You don’t get the sense that Boots Riley will sign up for a “one for them” studio movie anytime soon. The director has devoted himself to telling one story across all his projects, about the inherently exploitative nature of a capitalist system that robs the working class of its humanity, the scams people resort to in order to survive within this framework, and the psychological damage this inflicts on both the large class of people being crushed by this system and the small class of people exerting its pressure. ‘I Love Boosters’ is his latest exploration of that struggle.

Don Cheadle—who is all but unrecognizable in ‘Boosters,’ sporting a fat suit, facial prosthetics, and waist-length fake dreads as Dr. Jack, a pyramid-scheme scammer—sees Riley’s work as the best kind of propaganda. Namely, the kind that’s actually entertaining.: “Proselytizing often doesn’t work. Soapboxing doesn’t work. It’s like, Let’s get them in here. Let’s get people laughing. Let’s get people intoxicated by the experience of the storytelling, and then understand that there’s a lot deeper work happening.”

Read as @BootsRiley and @DonCheadle discuss that "deeper work" in our #GQHYPE feature at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

You don’t get the sense that Boots Riley will sign up for a “one for them” studio movie anytime soon. The director has devoted himself to telling one story across all his projects, about the inherently exploitative nature of a capitalist system that robs the working class of its humanity, the scams people resort to in order to survive within this framework, and the psychological damage this inflicts on both the large class of people being crushed by this system and the small class of people exerting its pressure. ‘I Love Boosters’ is his latest exploration of that struggle.

Don Cheadle—who is all but unrecognizable in ‘Boosters,’ sporting a fat suit, facial prosthetics, and waist-length fake dreads as Dr. Jack, a pyramid-scheme scammer—sees Riley’s work as the best kind of propaganda. Namely, the kind that’s actually entertaining.: “Proselytizing often doesn’t work. Soapboxing doesn’t work. It’s like, Let’s get them in here. Let’s get people laughing. Let’s get people intoxicated by the experience of the storytelling, and then understand that there’s a lot deeper work happening.”

Read as @BootsRiley and @DonCheadle discuss that "deeper work" in our #GQHYPE feature at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

You don’t get the sense that Boots Riley will sign up for a “one for them” studio movie anytime soon. The director has devoted himself to telling one story across all his projects, about the inherently exploitative nature of a capitalist system that robs the working class of its humanity, the scams people resort to in order to survive within this framework, and the psychological damage this inflicts on both the large class of people being crushed by this system and the small class of people exerting its pressure. ‘I Love Boosters’ is his latest exploration of that struggle.

Don Cheadle—who is all but unrecognizable in ‘Boosters,’ sporting a fat suit, facial prosthetics, and waist-length fake dreads as Dr. Jack, a pyramid-scheme scammer—sees Riley’s work as the best kind of propaganda. Namely, the kind that’s actually entertaining.: “Proselytizing often doesn’t work. Soapboxing doesn’t work. It’s like, Let’s get them in here. Let’s get people laughing. Let’s get people intoxicated by the experience of the storytelling, and then understand that there’s a lot deeper work happening.”

Read as @BootsRiley and @DonCheadle discuss that "deeper work" in our #GQHYPE feature at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

You don’t get the sense that Boots Riley will sign up for a “one for them” studio movie anytime soon. The director has devoted himself to telling one story across all his projects, about the inherently exploitative nature of a capitalist system that robs the working class of its humanity, the scams people resort to in order to survive within this framework, and the psychological damage this inflicts on both the large class of people being crushed by this system and the small class of people exerting its pressure. ‘I Love Boosters’ is his latest exploration of that struggle.

Don Cheadle—who is all but unrecognizable in ‘Boosters,’ sporting a fat suit, facial prosthetics, and waist-length fake dreads as Dr. Jack, a pyramid-scheme scammer—sees Riley’s work as the best kind of propaganda. Namely, the kind that’s actually entertaining.: “Proselytizing often doesn’t work. Soapboxing doesn’t work. It’s like, Let’s get them in here. Let’s get people laughing. Let’s get people intoxicated by the experience of the storytelling, and then understand that there’s a lot deeper work happening.”

Read as @BootsRiley and @DonCheadle discuss that "deeper work" in our #GQHYPE feature at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

You don’t get the sense that Boots Riley will sign up for a “one for them” studio movie anytime soon. The director has devoted himself to telling one story across all his projects, about the inherently exploitative nature of a capitalist system that robs the working class of its humanity, the scams people resort to in order to survive within this framework, and the psychological damage this inflicts on both the large class of people being crushed by this system and the small class of people exerting its pressure. ‘I Love Boosters’ is his latest exploration of that struggle.

Don Cheadle—who is all but unrecognizable in ‘Boosters,’ sporting a fat suit, facial prosthetics, and waist-length fake dreads as Dr. Jack, a pyramid-scheme scammer—sees Riley’s work as the best kind of propaganda. Namely, the kind that’s actually entertaining.: “Proselytizing often doesn’t work. Soapboxing doesn’t work. It’s like, Let’s get them in here. Let’s get people laughing. Let’s get people intoxicated by the experience of the storytelling, and then understand that there’s a lot deeper work happening.”

Read as @BootsRiley and @DonCheadle discuss that "deeper work" in our #GQHYPE feature at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

You don’t get the sense that Boots Riley will sign up for a “one for them” studio movie anytime soon. The director has devoted himself to telling one story across all his projects, about the inherently exploitative nature of a capitalist system that robs the working class of its humanity, the scams people resort to in order to survive within this framework, and the psychological damage this inflicts on both the large class of people being crushed by this system and the small class of people exerting its pressure. ‘I Love Boosters’ is his latest exploration of that struggle.

Don Cheadle—who is all but unrecognizable in ‘Boosters,’ sporting a fat suit, facial prosthetics, and waist-length fake dreads as Dr. Jack, a pyramid-scheme scammer—sees Riley’s work as the best kind of propaganda. Namely, the kind that’s actually entertaining.: “Proselytizing often doesn’t work. Soapboxing doesn’t work. It’s like, Let’s get them in here. Let’s get people laughing. Let’s get people intoxicated by the experience of the storytelling, and then understand that there’s a lot deeper work happening.”

Read as @BootsRiley and @DonCheadle discuss that "deeper work" in our #GQHYPE feature at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

You don’t get the sense that Boots Riley will sign up for a “one for them” studio movie anytime soon. The director has devoted himself to telling one story across all his projects, about the inherently exploitative nature of a capitalist system that robs the working class of its humanity, the scams people resort to in order to survive within this framework, and the psychological damage this inflicts on both the large class of people being crushed by this system and the small class of people exerting its pressure. ‘I Love Boosters’ is his latest exploration of that struggle.

Don Cheadle—who is all but unrecognizable in ‘Boosters,’ sporting a fat suit, facial prosthetics, and waist-length fake dreads as Dr. Jack, a pyramid-scheme scammer—sees Riley’s work as the best kind of propaganda. Namely, the kind that’s actually entertaining.: “Proselytizing often doesn’t work. Soapboxing doesn’t work. It’s like, Let’s get them in here. Let’s get people laughing. Let’s get people intoxicated by the experience of the storytelling, and then understand that there’s a lot deeper work happening.”

Read as @BootsRiley and @DonCheadle discuss that "deeper work" in our #GQHYPE feature at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

This week on @imopodcasts, the ever-talented @doncheadle and @ayoedebiri treat us to some of their stories since joining the cast of @proofbroadway! Barack and I are so proud to have @highergroundmedia co-produce Proof. It’s a phenomenal story that asks questions about legacy, hope, and what we leave behind. I couldn’t be more proud of all the work that these two — along with everyone else involved with the production — have done to keep this tale alive for new audiences. Watch the full conversation now on YouTube at the link in my bio, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Director Boots Riley’s new movie 'I Love Boosters' begins as a heist film set in the world of high fashion and ends up being a treatise about the necessity of collective resistance to capitalist exploitation. For those familiar with Riley’s output, this is not a spoiler.

Riley’s films are prescriptive, designed to make you think and talk about the invisible forces governing society.

“I think he’s done the best thing that you can do with this kind of work,” says Don Cheadle of the director, with whom he was only casually acquainted before being cast in the film. “He’s smuggling in his ideas, and I mean that in the best way. You go to be entertained and accidentally learn something, to have your point of view about something shift.”

The two artists, now fast friends, may not have much history before ‘Boosters,’ but their collaboration feels inevitable, and is an extremely welcome addition to our summer movie lineup. Read the #GQHYPE story with @bootsriley and @doncheadle on the year’s most anticipated anti-capitalist comedy at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

Director Boots Riley’s new movie 'I Love Boosters' begins as a heist film set in the world of high fashion and ends up being a treatise about the necessity of collective resistance to capitalist exploitation. For those familiar with Riley’s output, this is not a spoiler.

Riley’s films are prescriptive, designed to make you think and talk about the invisible forces governing society.

“I think he’s done the best thing that you can do with this kind of work,” says Don Cheadle of the director, with whom he was only casually acquainted before being cast in the film. “He’s smuggling in his ideas, and I mean that in the best way. You go to be entertained and accidentally learn something, to have your point of view about something shift.”

The two artists, now fast friends, may not have much history before ‘Boosters,’ but their collaboration feels inevitable, and is an extremely welcome addition to our summer movie lineup. Read the #GQHYPE story with @bootsriley and @doncheadle on the year’s most anticipated anti-capitalist comedy at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

Director Boots Riley’s new movie 'I Love Boosters' begins as a heist film set in the world of high fashion and ends up being a treatise about the necessity of collective resistance to capitalist exploitation. For those familiar with Riley’s output, this is not a spoiler.

Riley’s films are prescriptive, designed to make you think and talk about the invisible forces governing society.

“I think he’s done the best thing that you can do with this kind of work,” says Don Cheadle of the director, with whom he was only casually acquainted before being cast in the film. “He’s smuggling in his ideas, and I mean that in the best way. You go to be entertained and accidentally learn something, to have your point of view about something shift.”

The two artists, now fast friends, may not have much history before ‘Boosters,’ but their collaboration feels inevitable, and is an extremely welcome addition to our summer movie lineup. Read the #GQHYPE story with @bootsriley and @doncheadle on the year’s most anticipated anti-capitalist comedy at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

Director Boots Riley’s new movie 'I Love Boosters' begins as a heist film set in the world of high fashion and ends up being a treatise about the necessity of collective resistance to capitalist exploitation. For those familiar with Riley’s output, this is not a spoiler.

Riley’s films are prescriptive, designed to make you think and talk about the invisible forces governing society.

“I think he’s done the best thing that you can do with this kind of work,” says Don Cheadle of the director, with whom he was only casually acquainted before being cast in the film. “He’s smuggling in his ideas, and I mean that in the best way. You go to be entertained and accidentally learn something, to have your point of view about something shift.”

The two artists, now fast friends, may not have much history before ‘Boosters,’ but their collaboration feels inevitable, and is an extremely welcome addition to our summer movie lineup. Read the #GQHYPE story with @bootsriley and @doncheadle on the year’s most anticipated anti-capitalist comedy at the link in bio.

Story by @fordtony75
Photographs by @juliusmfrazer
Grooming for Boots Riley by @barryw2 for barrywhitemensgrooming.com
Barbering for Don Cheadle by Duane Moody
Skin for Don Cheadle by @matikipromakeup using Danessa Myricks Beauty
Tailoring by Ksenia Golub
Special thanks to @britt.theodora, personal stylist to Don Cheadle
Special thanks to @dbrownnyc, personal stylist to Boots Riley

Tom Hanks caught Ayo Edebiri's "utterly captivating roaring Broadway debut" (Chicago Tribune). Here’s PROOF:

Whoopi Goldberg saw “the best cast on Broadway right now” (Deadline). Here’s PROOF:

📸: @andyhenderson

Whoopi Goldberg saw “the best cast on Broadway right now” (Deadline). Here’s PROOF:

📸: @andyhenderson

Whoopi Goldberg saw “the best cast on Broadway right now” (Deadline). Here’s PROOF:

📸: @andyhenderson

Whoopi Goldberg saw “the best cast on Broadway right now” (Deadline). Here’s PROOF:

📸: @andyhenderson

Whoopi Goldberg saw “the best cast on Broadway right now” (Deadline). Here’s PROOF:

📸: @andyhenderson

Whoopi Goldberg saw “the best cast on Broadway right now” (Deadline). Here’s PROOF:

📸: @andyhenderson

Actor @doncheadle tells @thattracysmith that his confidence came less from ego and more from the quiet strength of his father and the outspoken strength of his mother.

He says his parents taught him early to own his space, speak up when something isn’t right and believe he had the right to autonomy.

“Brothers Gonna Work It Out”🤜🏾🤛🏾

On set with TWO of my favorite people!
@doncheadle x @mrchuckd 🎬

#ChuckD #DjLORD #DonCheadle #LosAngeles #PublicEnemy

We can confirm Barack and Michelle Obama are producers of Proof, now playing at the Booth Theatre through July 19.