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Broadway Review: PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH (The Music Box Theatre)

by Kevin Vavasseur

A VICTORY LAUGH Purlie Victorious, written by the late Ossie Davis, is a brilliant, funny, moving play that premiered on Broadway in 1961, with Mr. Davis in the title role. The initial production was a hit that ran for 261 performances before touring nationally (the 1970 musicalized version, Purlie, largely utilizing Davis's play, ran for […] The post Broadway Review: PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROU…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 2:55am on October 3, 2023