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As Purlie Victorious enters its final weekend on Broadway, BroadwayWorld is very excited to share an exclusive essay written by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee's daughter, Hasna Muhammad, who played a key role in getting this landmark play back on Broadway. 

Kara Young—wowing audiences in “Purlie Victorious” on Broadway—talks Tony nominations, diversity, Harlem, Ruby Dee, and that now-famous day her dad’s heart burst with pride.

The classic play 'Purlie Victorious' is revived with magnificent comic flair, carrying a message of unity for the human race.

NEW YORK — Satire is what closes Saturday night, George S. Kaufman famously said. So how about the Broadway chances of a satire of all-American racism set on a wheezing Georgia plantation in the 1950s, replete with pragmatically sycophantic Black characters and a white overlord with a bullwhip? Magnificent, if there is any justice in the world. Director Kenny Leon’s supremely well-toned ...

Read reviews for Purlie Victorious on Broadway starring Tony Award-winner, Leslie Odom Jr.! 

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.

Leslie Odom Jr leads a note-perfect cast in a revival of Ossie Davis’s thoughtful comedy about a preacher scheming to save his church in the Jim Crow South

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

Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young star in Kenny Leon’s invigorating revival of Ossie Davis’s 1961 satire.

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.