Kenny Leon directs a Broadway revival of 'Purlie Victorious,' Ossie Davis' 1961 race romp, starring Tony winner Leslie Odom and Kara Young.

Ossie Davis’s satirical play “Purlie Victorious” opened at the Cort Theater in September 1961 with Davis as the charismatic preacher Purlie Victorious Judson and Ruby Dee, his artistic ...

NEW YORK Ossie Davis, the imposing, unshakable actor who championed racial justice on stage, on screen and in real life, often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee, has died. He was 87. Davis was found ...

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 ...

Ossie Davis is a respected actor who has appeared in such films as "Grumply Old Men" and "The Client". He has also devoted a great deal of time to the promotion of civil rights. Davis was the ...

Actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee give advice to the Black community. Accredited actors Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee share their adoration for poet and activist Langston Hughes. The couple then goes on ...

Raiford Chatman “Ossie” Davis, the actor, civil rights activist, writer, producer and director who carved out a career as one of the most distinguished actors and public figures of the 20th ...

Review: Satire Comes in All Colors in Ossie Davis’s ‘Purlie Victorious’ Led by Leslie Odom Jr. as a conniving preacher with a conscience, this revival of a 1961 satire of the old South has ...

One of Harlem’s greatest heroes was laid to rest last Saturday as scores of family members, celebrities, politicians and friends crowded into Riverside Church to say goodbye to the late Ossie ...

‘Purlie Victorious’ Review: Broadway Revival of the Ossie Davis Satire Is a Delightful Romp Centering Black Joy and the Absurdity of Racism Music Box Theater, 974 seats, $215 top.

The Tony nominee explains why this 'Purlie Victorious,' premiering Friday on PBS' Great Performances series, isn't a musical — and why it's all the better for it.

‘Purlie Victorious’ Broadway Review: Leslie Odom Jr. Gives Ossie Davis’ Preacher a Brilliant Encore Kenny Leon directs a comic riot that is the season’s funniest show on Broadway ...