MY WEEKEND: Brian Tyree Henry

“It’s been so long since I had a weekend,” says Brian Tyree Henry, the “Atlanta” star who’s playing to sold-out Broadway audiences in “Lobby Hero.” Between that and seven feature-film roles to come this year — including in “Hotel Artemis” with Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown and Jeff Goldblum in June — the 36-year-old Harlem resident, who more than once let friend and then-fledgling actor Brown crash on his couch, tells HANNAH SPARKS about his scarce time off. After a show I’ll do a bourbon, usually Woodford Reserve, neat. I’m also starving as soon as I get off the stage — ravenous. My indulgence lately is 5 Napkin Burger. I’m not supposed to be eating that right now, but I really love their wings and turkey burger. The simpler my weekend can be, the better. It’s about finding my own personal space. On a morning off, I’ll usually go to my bodega that’s next door and get a cup of coffee. Then I’ll get a ham and cheese sandwich, come home and relax. I’ve lived in every borough, but Harlem is where I’ve lived the longest. It has everything I need. There’s a great jambalaya at Harlem Tavern, and an amazing Cobb salad that I love. Riverside Drive is one of my favorite streets in Manhattan and, when it’s warm, I will stroll up and down there. In the summer- time, I spend a lot of time in the library courtyard at Columbia. It’s so serene, and you can’t hear the city at all. You can’t not like Astor Place. It’s going to sound completely typical but the Strand bookstore is really fun to get lost in. The Famous Cozy Soup ’n’ Burger is one of my favorite diners because it’s such a system. You come in, sit down, can’t stay at the table for longer than 20 minutes. And then right down St. Marks, there’s one of the first Dallas BBQs. You could get a fishbowl margarita for $10, some good wings with sticky sauce. It’s a fun place to go with friends.

I have friends that run the gamut: artists, actors, playwrights, directors. I will go and support their work if I’m in town. But most of the time it’s all about us just sitting down to powwow. Recently, I got to see my friends from college because we really wanted to watch Coachella — Beyoncé! We grabbed bottles of wine and crowded around the television.