1970 Broadway 1971 U.S. tour 1972 Broadway revival 1975 2nd U.S. tour 1981 U.S. Television 2004 London fringe festival 2005 Encores!
Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell and music by Gary Geld. It is based on Davis's 1961 play Purlie Victorious.
Purlie Victorious (A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch) is a three-act comedic stage play written by American actor Ossie Davis. The play tells...
Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell and music by Gary Geld. It is based on Davis's 1961 play...
late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. His first...
(1958). He wrote and starred as the title character in the satirical farce Purlie Victorious (1961) which was adapted into a 1963 film and 1970 musical. Davis's...
actor at night. He starred as Gitlow in the early 1970s Broadway musical Purlie. Hemsley performed with local groups in Philadelphia before moving to New...
Elephants Play revivals Appropriate Doubt: A Parable An Enemy of the People Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch Uncle Vanya...
Raisin from 1973 until 1975, Ossie Davis's Purlie Victorious (and later the musical version, which was called Purlie), The Amen Corner and Tennessee Williams's...
Fight (2018–2019). Alda is also known for his roles on Broadway acting in Purlie Victorious (1961) and receiving three Tony Award nominations for his performances...
in 1968. He starred in The Wiz and other Broadway productions, such as Purlie, Ain't Misbehavin, and Raisin in the Sun. His first film was The Bingo Long...
the 1961 film and Lutiebell Gussie Mae Jenkins in the Ossie Davis play Purlie Victorious (1961) and reprised the role in the 1963 film. She made her film...
Award nomination, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Purlie. His additional roles included Katherine Dunham's Bambouche and in Fly The...
and Company) Coco ("Always Mademoiselle" - Katharine Hepburn and Company) Purlie ("I Got Love" - Melba Moore/"Walk Him up the Stairs" - Cleavon Little and...
variety of roles including Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Purlie in Purlie Victorious. He was a member of the student sketch comedy troupe Shock...
Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Lutiebelle in Purlie, a role she would later reprise in the 1981 television adaptation for Showtime...
Fiorello! (1959–61) (replacement) Finian's Rainbow (1960) Caligula (1960) Purlie Victorious (1961–62) The White House (1964) Jonah (1966) The Iceman Cometh...
win Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical: Cleavon Little for Purlie in 1970. First African-American author to win Best Play: Joseph A. Walker...
the city's Karamu House Theater, Cobbs starred in the Ossie Davis play Purlie Victorious. Cobbs was in Vegetable Soup (1976), a New York public television...
musical about New York City mayor LaGuardia. In 1961, da Silva directed Purlie Victorious, by Ossie Davis. Many of his early feature films were of the...
directed notable productions of Radio Golf (2007), Topdog/Underdog (2022) and Purlie Victorious (2023). He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Hairspray...
Udell wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the book for the Broadway musicals Purlie (1970), Shenandoah (1975), Angel (1978), Comin' Uptown (1979) and Amen Corner...
acting her entire life. She appeared in the original Broadway productions of Purlie Victorious, The Miracle Worker, and A Raisin in the Sun. As a writer, she...
Jane Mary Jane Tobias Menzies The Hunt Lucas Leslie Odom, Jr. Purlie Victorious Purlie Victorious Judson A.J. Shively Philadelphia, Here I Come! Gareth...
contemporaneously starring in the hit Broadway musical, Purlie! Purlie (based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious) starred Cleavon Little and Moore (both...