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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...