PURLIE VICTORIOUS
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Music Box Theatre
Opened on Broadway: September 27, 2023 Closing: January 7, 2024 Director: Kenny Leon Writer: Ossie Davis Runtime: 1hr. 45min. (no intermission) Opening Night/Current Cast: Leslie Odom Jr.............Purlie Victorious Judson Vanessa Bell Calloway.Idella Landy Billy Eugene Jones.......Gitlow Judson Noah Robbins................Charlie Cotchipee Jay O. Sanders...............Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee Heather Alicia Sims........Missy Judson Kara Young......................Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins Understudies: For Purlie: Donald Webber Jr. For Idella: Willa Bost For Gitlow: Melvin Abston For Charlie: Noah Pyzik For Ol' Cap'n: Bill Timoney For Missy: Willa Bost For Lutibelle: Brandi Porter |
Synopsis:
Purlie Victorious is set in an era when Jim Crow laws still were in effect in the American South and focuses on the traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson, who returns to his small Georgia town hoping to save the community's church and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on an oppressive plantation.
Purlie Victorious is set in an era when Jim Crow laws still were in effect in the American South and focuses on the traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson, who returns to his small Georgia town hoping to save the community's church and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on an oppressive plantation.