Leslie Odom Jr. returns to Broadway with 'Purlie Victorious,' an Ossie Davis play with whip-smart dialogue and the physical comedy of a top-notch farce.
ended up feeling like they didn't make the most of Odom's many talents. So it's a welcome development to see the charismatic actor return to Broadway this month for a starring role in the first-ever revival ofOriginally written and performed in 1961 by playwright/actor Ossie Davis as a star vehicle for him and his wife Ruby Dee,is a self-described "romp" through the racial politics of the Deep South.
The way Odom feasts on Davis' rich, whip-smart dialogue, you can't help but think he could've made a passionate preacher himself. Even when he's not singing his voice is incredibly melodious. Purlie Victorious Billy Eugene Jones, Jay O. Sanders, Kara Young, and Leslie Odom Jr, in PURLIE VICTORIOUS| Credit: Marc J. Franklinaren't just verbal. The high-energy production often has the physicality of a top-notch farce, with characters running back and forth across the stage — sometimes to restrain Purlie's more careless impulses, other times to protect each other from white wrath.
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