NYACP Racial Equity Committee
Media Club Field Trip

Thursday, January 25, 2024 @ 7pm 

Join us for the first ever revival of Ossie Davis’s

PURLIE VICTORIOUS
@ the MUSIC BOX Theater
239 W. 45^th St. NYC

A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, the rousing, laugh filled comedy by Kennedy Center honoree Ossie Davis that tells the story of a Black preacher’s machinations to reclaim his inheritance and win back his church.

"If you have not seen 'Purlie Victorious' I think it is well for you as an American citizen to see it and to ponder our racial problem…” Eleanor Roosevelt, Jan. 1, 1962

Not a word of the original script has been changed and yet it is still so relevant. 

Leslie Odom, Jr., Tony award winner who is Purlie (he was Aaron Burr in original Hamilton) says: “Ossie Davis gave the American Theater and American Hero in Purlie Judson.  I am thrilled beyond measure to be part of this Revival company.  Mr. Davis’s pages are full of joy and rhythm, laughter and hope.”

The show is approximately 100 minutes long with no intermission.  There is expected to be a “talk back” with members of the cast where we can share thoughts, feelings and observations.

Cost per ticket is $139, which assumes a group rate.  Note there could be a $40 additional fee if we don’t meet the minimum for a group rate.  A full refund will be available until FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15.

 Register BEFORE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 to reserve your seat! 

RESERVE YOUR TICKET HERE