Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri Are Giving ‘Proof’ a New Meaning (opens in new tab)

Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri connected quickly as they prepared to make their Broadway debuts in “Proof,” a new revival directed by Thomas Kail of David Auburn’s Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play. “I’m just a fan of her talent,” @doncheadle said of @ayoedebiri in a New York Times interview. “She’s very funny and dramatic, has a lot of range, and has a dark and wry sense of humor. And I just thought, this play is traditionally not a Black family, and thinking about playing her father, and what th...