Kenny Leon directs a Broadway revival of 'Purlie Victorious,' Ossie Davis' 1961 race romp, starring Tony winner Leslie Odom and Kara Young.

Ossie Davis’s satirical play “Purlie Victorious” opened at the Cort Theater in September 1961 with Davis as the charismatic preacher Purlie Victorious Judson and Ruby Dee, his artistic ...

Long before Slave Play, decades before Ain't No Mo, there was Purlie Victorious, the Ossie Davis comedy masterwork that, like those descendant plays, fused broad comedy, satirical minstrelsy ...

‘Purlie Victorious’ Review: Broadway Revival of the Ossie Davis Satire Is a Delightful Romp Centering Black Joy and the Absurdity of Racism Music Box Theater, 974 seats, $215 top. Opened Sept ...

Review: Satire Comes in All Colors in Ossie Davis’s ‘Purlie Victorious’ Led by Leslie Odom Jr. as a conniving preacher with a conscience, this revival of a 1961 satire of the old South has ...

Photos: Leslie Odom, Jr., Kara Young and the Cast of PURLIE VICTORIOUS Celebrate Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee At Schomburg Center by A.A. Cristi - December 21, 2023. This past Monday at the New York ...

Tony & Grammy winner Leslie Odom, Jr. will star in a new Broadway production of the classic American comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch by Ossie Davis.

Ossie Davis’ 1961 play “Purlie Victorious,” revived on Broadway starring Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young, is an indictment of white supremacy that uses humor to puncture prejudice.

‘Purlie Victorious’ Broadway Review: Leslie Odom Jr. Gives Ossie Davis’ Preacher a Brilliant Encore. Kenny Leon directs a comic riot that is the season’s funniest show on Broadway ...

Leslie Odom, Jr., credited Ossie Davis with giving the American theater an American hero in Purlie Judson. He stated, “I have loved this piece and its author, Mr. Davis , for well over half my life.

Leslie Odom Jr. stars in Ossie Davis's raucous 1961 comedy about a preacher who returns to his home in the ... Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch. Music Box ...

Director Kenny Leon’s supremely well-toned revival of Ossie Davis’ “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch,” the new arrival at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre ...