As Purlie Victorious enters its final weekend on Broadway, BroadwayWorld is very excited to share an exclusive essay written by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee's daughter, Hasna Muhammad, who played a key role in getting this landmark play back on Broadway.
Kara Young wowing audiences in “Purlie Victorious” on Broadway talks Tony nominations, diversity, Harlem, Ruby Dee, and that now-famous day her dad’s heart burst with pride.
NEW YORK — Satire is what closes Saturday night, George S. Kaufman famously said. So how about the Broadway chances of a satire of all-American racism set on a wheezing Georgia plantation in the 1950s, replete with pragmatically sycophantic Black characters and a white overlord with a bullwhip? Magnificent, if there is any justice in the world. Director Kenny Leon’s supremely well-toned .