Purlie Victorious a Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Written by Ossie Davis
Directed by Kenny Leon
The Music Box
December 7, 2023
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💉💉 out of 5.

I was just not “invited” to this play. From the very first moment, this play just roared on by.  Leslie Odom, Jr. just exploded on stage – – speaking and moving so fast that I could barely understand what he was saying and what was going on.  I really have no idea what was gained by this storm of behavior.  It took a good long time before the play settled down so that I could understand what was going on.  I just felt that everyone in the play was working too hard – and not to the betterment of the story.  They were squeezing each line to get just as much as they could out of each word – – which ended up making all words of equal importance.  It was truly hard to connect with any of the characters; they were so busy acting.