Purlie : a musical based on the play Purlie Victorious by Ossie Davis / music by Gary Geld ; lyrics by Peter Udell ; book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, Peter Udell ; concert adaptation by David Ives, 2005.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

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Since 1970, the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) has preserved live theatrical productions and documented the creative contributions of distinguished artists and legendary figures of the theatre. With the consent and cooperation of the theatrical unions and each production's artistic collaborators, TOFT produces video recordings of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions, as well as dialogues between notable theatre personalities. ...

Davis, Ossie

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Ossie Davis is an actor, playwright and director who has performed for stage, film and television, and specializes in film production relating to black culture and history. Born in 1919 in Cogdell, Georgia, Davis attended Howard University from 1938 to 1941. His theater career began in the early 1940's with such plays to his credit as "Anna Lucasta," "No Time for Sergeants," "A Raisin in the Sun," and "Purlie Victorious." Three of the many films he acted in are "The Joe ...

Epps, Sheldon

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Rose, Philip, 1921-2011

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The Broadway producer Philip Rose was born in Manhattan on July 4, 1921, to Polish immigrants Max and Esther Rosenberg, the fourth of their five children. The family moved to Washington, D.C. in the 1930s, where Max Rosenberg opened a haberdashery, and the young Philip Rosenberg spent much of his time in the city's African American neighborhoods, initially through his work as a bill collector. He moved to New York in 1945 to pursue a career as a singer, changing his name to Philip R...

Geld, Gary

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Udell, Peter

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Ives, David J. G.

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City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)

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