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“Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through The Cotton Patch” had its official opening night at The Music Box Theatre.

“Lean into it,” urges Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon (“A Soldier’s Play,” “A Raisin in the Sun”) to the audience in an usually personalized pre-show

The Harlem-based company has major projects on and off Broadway and a big performance at the Kennedy Center.

The American blues musician is part of this year’s Arts Whistler Live! offering

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

The first-ever revival of Ossie Davis' 1961 play has whip-smart dialogue, historical wisdom, and the physical comedy of a top-notch farce.

Has there ever been a more outrageous, rambunctious, over-the-top and, in the end, downright joyous production of a play staged on Broadway? Oh, to be able to…

Theater review, 'Purlie Victorious': This 1961 satire of the old South returns to Broadway using humor as a weapon against injustice.