Date of Birth: December 18, 1917
Date of Death: February 04, 2005 (87)
Birth Place: Cogdell, GA, USA
Main Street Theater continues its season with Ossie Davis’ groundbreaking satire Purlie Victorious, a play that blends sharp humor with a powerful exploration of race, dignity, and resilience.
Main Street Theater will open its 50th Season with the regional premiere of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch by Ossie Davis.
The Green Room 42 will present vocalist and performer Anita Michael in her new and timely show, Foolin’ Myself.
Leicester’s Curve Theatre has announced a slate of new Made at Curve productions and co-productions for 2025 and 2026, featuring a major Kander and Ebb revival, a rehearsed reading of an American classic, and a UK premiere of a hit Canadian docu-concert.
54 BELOW has added special guest Leslie Odom, Jr.
The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will present Tony and Grammy Award-winning artist Leslie Odom, Jr.
The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular will return to the Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade for its 51st year, featuring LeAnn Rimes and more.
Main Street Theater (MST) is celebrating 50 years of engaging theater for curious and thoughtful audiences of all ages.
US Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand celebrating his 25th year starring as Harold Clurman, the 'Elder Statesman of the American Theatre' touring around the world in his celebrated solo play, LET IT BE ART! will perform in Asheville, North Carolina at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts on April 25t
A top production of the hit musical, Purlie is now being presented by American Theater Group (ATG) at Hamilton Stage in Rahway, and the show is wowing its audiences.
American Theater Group (ATG) will present a Talkback session entitled “The Origins of Purlie” following the Fri.
Broadway veteran Kenny Ingram will direct American Theater Group’s (ATG) production of the exhilarating and Tony Award-winning musical Purlie at Hamilton Stage in Rahway, NJ.
Tony and Grammy Award-winning performer Leslie Odom, Jr.
Arizona Theatre Company will welcome in 2025 with the Tony Award- nominated musical Blues in the Night by Sheldon Epps.
Complete casting has been announced for the highly-anticipated Broadway transfer of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ new play, PURPOSE.
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In this video, Tony and Grammy Award-winner and two-time Academy Award-nominee, Leslie Odom, Jr.
The Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation has announced the recipients of their 2024 Idea Awards for Theatre.
Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre will turn 100 on Monday, November 11, 2024.
Esteemed American playwrights Cherríe Moraga and Richard Wesley have been announced as the 2024 recipients of the Legacy Playwright Awards.
