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...

in 2018. Odom returned to Broadway in 2023, playing the title role in Purlie Victorious for which he earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination...

Joan (1993), Pygmalion (2007), Girl from the North Country (2020), and Purlie Victorious (2023). He made his feature film debut in the comedy Starting...

(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...

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...

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...

Order: SVU, and NBC's Conviction. In theater, Doug starred in the musical Purlie. It ran from March 31 through April 3, 2005. Doug made his debut as a director/producer...

Living, and winning in 2024 for the role of Lutiebell Gussie Mae Jenkins in Purlie Victorious. She was the first black actress to be nominated in three consecutive...

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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...

Elephants Play revivals Appropriate Doubt: A Parable An Enemy of the People Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch Uncle Vanya...

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...

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...

(1988) Stephanie Mills Comes Home to Broadway (1989) Children of Eden (1997) Purlie (1998) Funny Girl (2002) (Actors Fund benefit concert) Hadestown (2024)...

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...

Gone Are the Days! or Purlie Victorious is a 1963 American comedy-drama film starring Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee and Godfrey Cambridge. It is based on the 1961...

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...

Jack Klugman. Also that year, Freeman performed in a theater production of Purlie. After a short career break, he returned to work in 1978, appearing in two...

contemporaneously starring in the hit Broadway musical, Purlie! Purlie (based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious) starred Cleavon Little and Moore (both...

season of the series, but Hemsley was starring in the Broadway musical Purlie at the time, and Lear decided to postpone introduction of the character...

albums and were referred to as rock operas. Shows like Raisin, Dreamgirls, Purlie and The Wiz brought a significant African-American influence to Broadway...

own to pursue an acting career. Wooley performed in the national tour of Purlie, after which, worked as a singing waiter on the Spirit of New York, a dinner...

Good Thing" (Clint Ballard Jr., Jim Fragale) - 2:39 "Purlie" (from the Broadway musical Purlie) (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) - 2:38 "Captain St. Lucifer"...

African-American to win Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical: Cleavon Little for Purlie in 1970. First African-American author to win Tony Award for Best Play:...

Caligula (1960), Pasha in Once There Was a Russian (1961), The Deputy in Purlie Victorious (1961), and Mr. Andrikos in The Irregular Verb to Love (1963)...

appearing on Broadway theatre. Allen had her Broadway debut in the chorus of Purlie in 1970. She later created the role of Beneatha in the Tony Award-winning...