A Look at "Purlie"
The musical Purlie, based on Ossie Davis’ 1964 comedy Purlie Victorious about a charismatic and enterprising black preacher who goes head to head with a bigoted plantation owner. The show, with a highly entertaining score by Gary Geld and Peter Udell, opened at the Broadway Theatre in 1970 and ran for 688 performances, winning two Tonys including [...] Related Posts I Got Melba Melba Moore sings ̶…