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Check out the second half of our 2023 review of Black theater.

Vulture’s two theater critics Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry sat down to each talk about their ten favorite shows this year from ‘Purlie Victorious,’ to Sondheim’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ ‘Stereophonic,’ and more.

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The church is a staple in Black culture. From the upbeat services to the after service fellowships, religion is core to Black communities. Although these faith institutions are at the center of hope and pride, there can be difficulty in how they exist and what happens in and around them. One version of that story… Continue reading Revival Is On The Way: Leslie Odom Returns To The Broadway Stage In A New Adaptation Of “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Pat...

Vinson Cunningham reviews Kenny Leon’s Broadway revival of Ossie Davis’s 1961 play, featuring sophisticated comedic turns from Leslie Odom, Jr., and Kara Young.

Discover how real-life people, places, and politics shaped Ossie Davis’s uproarious comedy from 1961, which remains just as fresh and relevant in 2023. Read more on New York Theatre Guide.

The revival of the Ossie Davis play opened on Broadway September 27. Hannah Waddingham, Samuel L. Jackson, and more were in attendance.

Read our five-star review of *Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch*, starring Leslie Odom, Jr., playing at the Music Box Theatre. Read all our theatre reviews at NewYorkTheatreGuide.com.

Ossie Davis’s 1961 play is no period piece, as a blazing and hilarious revival starring Leslie Odom Jr. testifies.

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, racial satire and still-relevant social commentary to create a play that is so encompassing in i...