The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will open its 26th season with the Tony Award-winning musical "Purlie." The 2025-26 season, themed "Soul of a People," will feature a mix of new works and returning ...

How long has Purlie Victorious been running on Broadway? Purlie Victorious opened at the Music Box Theatre (Broadway) on Wednesday Sep 27, 2023 and has now been running for 4 months. Information: ...

When “Purlie Victorious” opened on Broadway in 1961, the American Civil Rights movement was in its earliest stages, and Purlie’s story of an African American trickster/preacher scheming to reopen his ...

Until now, Ossie Davis’s Purlie Victorious (A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch) had not been professionally performed in the UK. In fact, despite there also being a musical iteration ...

Raleigh Mosely II and Jazzmin Carson are featured performers in WBTT’s production of ‘Purlie’. Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will open its 26th season this fall with the Tony Award-winning musical ...