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    Review: Ossie Davis' 'Purlie Victorious,' back on Broadway, hasn't lost a farcical step

    by Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times Oct 06, 2023 4 minutes
    From left, Jay O. Sanders, Billy Eugene Jones, Kara Young and Leslie Odom Jr. in "Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch" at the Music Box Theatre in New York.

    NEW YORK — "Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch," Ossie Davis' 1961 satiric farce that was the basis for the 1963 film "Gone Are the Days!" and the 1970 musical "Purlie," is receiving a vibrant revival on Broadway at the Music Box.

    Kenny Leon, who may be the most in-demand Broadway director working today, treats the play as though it were a spry and freshly commissioned new comedy. His production, built for speed and farcical flamboyance, threatens to spin out of control but keeps its eye on the prize of social justice.

    Something unexpected happens at the climax of

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