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Review: Purlie Victorious is a Big Winner
September 27, 2023, 11:03.06 pm ET
Photo: Marc J. Franklin
By Brian Scott Lipton
Satire, they say, closes on Saturday night, but I suspect there should be plenty of Saturday night performances still to come for Kenny Leon’s expertly directed production of Ossie Davis’ 1961 satire “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch,” now at the Music Box Theater.
In fact, this crowd-pleasing (and thought-provoking) comedy is so fast and so funny, you may not even realize all the sharp-edged – and sadly, still-timely – rebukes about racism that Davis embedded in his superbly constructed script until the show is over. And then you may not think about anything else for a while. Continue reading...
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