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Purlie Victorious (A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch) is a three-act comedic stage play written by American actor Ossie Davis. The play tells the fictional story of Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson, a dynamic traveling preacher returning to his hometown in rural Georgia, to save his small hometown church. [1]
Purlie Victorious mirrors playwright Ossie Davis’ personal journey, growing up in racially segregated Georgia, to challenge oppressive white authority in the South and beyond. Using his art to ...
Sep 27, 2023 · The “Purlie Victorious” that opened on Wednesday at the Music Box — unaccountably its first Broadway revival — is every bit as scathingly funny as the 1961 reviews said it was. (In The New ...
May 24, 2024 · Purlie, the 1970 Broadway musical adaptation of Purlie Victorious, scored five Tony Award nominations, including wins for the show’s leads — Cleavon Little as Purlie and Melba Moore as...
Sep 27, 2023 · In 1961, actor and Civil Rights activist Ossie Davis wrote the blistering play Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch. Now, Leslie Odom Jr. stars in the revival.
Jun 15, 2023 · The first-ever Broadway revival of Ossie Davis' Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, starring Tony and Grammy winner Leslie Odom Jr. as previously announced, has...
Sep 28, 2023 · Leslie Odom Jr. returns to Broadway with 'Purlie Victorious,' an Ossie Davis play with whip-smart dialogue and the physical comedy of a top-notch farce.
