and starred Ossie Davis as “Purlie Victorious Judson” and his wife and frequent collaborator, Ruby Dee as “Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins.” Original cast members also included: Alan Alda ...

Tony & Grammy Award winner and Academy & Emmy Award nominee Leslie Odom, Jr. will star in a new Broadway production of the classic American comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through ...

In addition to the dialogue, the entire cast is terrific, with Odom adapting the cadences of Davis’ oration. In his first Broadway performance since “Hamilton,” Odom electrifies as Purlie.

With Leslie Odom, Jr. in the title role, the cast also features Billy Eugene Jones ... and Kara Young (Lutiebelle Gussie May Jenkins). Purlie Victorious mirrors playwright Ossie Davis ...

There is joy inside the Music Box Theatre, where Odom and Kara Young lead the cast in the revival of "Purlie Victorious." He's the self-proclaimed minister, philosopher, and freedom fighter with a ...

This is Odom's first return to Broadway since starring in the original cast of 'Hamilton ... to Broadway this summer in a revival of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton ...

After seeing the show, producer Alan Alda, who starred in the 1961 Broadway production opposite Davis as Purlie and Dee as Lutiebelle, told the cast he could feel the presence of his late costars.

Sometimes, a cast in a well-made comedy can let us know they’re playing for keeps and, at the same time, for fun. This is the fine line that “Purlie Victorious” walks so beautifully.

Purlie Victorious was significant in its time; Davis, a civil-rights activist as well as an actor and a writer, starred in it alongside his wife, Ruby Dee. Martin Luther King Jr. visited the cast ...

The previously announced Broadway revival of the Ossie Davis comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch starring Leslie Odom, Jr. will begin previews on Thursday ...

Leslie Odom Jr., who played Aaron Burr in the original cast of “Hamilton,” captures this aspect of Purlie perfectly in what is possibly one of the most challenging roles in Black American ...