'Hacks' star Carl Clemons-Hopkins is nobody's sidekick in 'The Balusters'

The Emmy nominee on their Broadway debut, the end of 'Hacks' & why Brooks Duncan is the role they've been waiting for.

May 16, 2026

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“The riffraff has arrived.” As travel writer Brooks Duncan, Carl Clemons-Hopkins enters a well-appointed Victorian home in The Balusters with audacious flair. But audiences soon discover that Brooks—like Clemons-Hopkins—has many layers.

Fresh off the final season of Hacks, Clemons-Hopkins makes their Broadway debut in David Lindsay-Abaire’s Tony-nominated play about an eclectic neighborhood association gathering that devolves into a multi-faceted racial reckoning.

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Kelsey Minor

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