Leslie Odom Jr. Plans Return to Broadway in 'Purlie Victorious'
Kenny Leon will direct the revival of Ossie Davis's 1961 play, which is expected to run this summer at an unspecified Broadway theater.
Today is Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: John Gallagher Jr. Arthur Darvill Tracie Bennett Phyllida Lloyd Mark Linn-Baker Joe Piscopo Barry Manilow Frankie Hewitt Evelyn Eaton Janice Mars Paul Stevens David Ross Terry Gilkyson Peter Von Zerneck Max Leavitt Ralph Bellamy Sammy Fain Vivian Duncan Harold A. Levey Paul England C. Henry Gordon Igor Stravinsky Willette Kershaw Karl Van Vechten Carlyle Moore Grant Mitchell Robert McWade Edwards Davis Reginald Barlow Charles Frohman Jason Patric Donald Girard Gerrit de Beer Jonathan Aronson Françoise Dorner Lane Bradbury Jess Cain Gene de Paul Cavada Humphrey James Weldon Johnson