Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people. This 1981 television adaptation won a CableACE Award.
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> Rudi Goldman (Director)
> Randy Nordstrom (Lighting Director)
> Kirk Nurock (Music Director)
> Alan Adelman (Lighting Director)
> Philip Rose (Stage Director)
> Philip Rose (Musical)
> Peter Udell (Musical)
> Ossie Davis (Musical)
> Gary Geld (Musical)
> Peter Udell (Lyricist)
