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Grammy and Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out.)

Leslie Odom Jr. to reunite with Lin-Manuel Miranda on Broadway stage

Grammy and Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr is scheduled to reunite with Emmy, Grammy, and Tony winner Lin Manuel Miranda on a Broadway stage.

The two stars of the legendary Broadway musical Hamilton will reunite for “Victorious Talkbacks”, a series of interactive post-show conversations with the cast and featured guests after Thursday night performances of the Broadway production of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch.

January 11, 2024 No Comments

Kara Young. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out.)

Kara Young on working with the award-winning cast of ‘Purlie Victorious’

Two-time Tony Award nominee Kara Young discusses the cohesiveness of the cast of Purlie Victorious, which includes Leslie Odom Jr, Vanessa Bell Calloway, and Heather

October 11, 2023 No Comments

Judge Greg Mathis. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out.)

Judge Mathis shares the secret to his success and longevity

Judge Mathis shares the secret to his success and longevity as his supports his friends, director Kenny Leon and actress Vanessa Bell Calloway at opening

September 29, 2023 No Comments

Award winning performer Leslie Odom Jr. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out.)

Leslie Odom Jr. praises Kenny Leon’s magic touch in ‘Purlie Victorious’

Grammy and Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. discusses the magic of director Kenny Leon and his co-star Kara Young in Purlie Victorious, the play that

September 29, 2023 No Comments

Award-winning director Kenny Leon. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out.)

Kenny Leon compares Kara Young’s performance to 3 legends

Award-winning director Kenny Leon compares the performance of Kara Young in Purlie Victorious to that of three legendary Black women while also praising the play

September 29, 2023 No Comments

National Black Theatre chief executive officer Sade Lythcott and executive artistic director Jonathan McCrory. (Photo by Derel Jazz Johnson for rolling out.)

National Black Theatre leaders discuss importance of Black Broadway

National Black Theatre chief executive officer Sade Lythcott and executive artistic director Jonathan McCrory discuss the importance of Broadway shows with Black casts and creative

September 25, 2023 No Comments

Performer Billy Eugene Jones. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out.)

Billy Eugene Jones on starring in ‘Fat Ham’ and ‘Purlie Victorious’ back-to-back

Performer Billy Eugene Jones discusses starring on Broadway in shows like the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fat Ham and the Ossie Davis written and Kenny Leon directed

September 22, 2023 No Comments

Tony-nominated performer Kara Young. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out.)

Actress Kara Young discloses how Harlem shaped her

Tony Award nominee, Obie and Audelco Award winner and Harlem native Kara Young discusses her role in Purlie Victorious, written by Ossie Davis, directed by

September 19, 2023 No Comments

Vanessa Bell Calloway shares why she returned to Broadway

Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway shares why she returned to Broadway in Purlie Victorious, written by Ossie Davis, directed by Kenny Leon, and starring Leslie Odom

September 8, 2023 No Comments

Tony Award winning director Kenny Leon. (Photo by Derrel Jazz Johnson for rolling out.)

Kenny Leon on directing talented cast of ‘Purlie Victorious’

Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon discusses directing the talented cast of Purlie Victorious written by the legendary Ossie Davis, including Grammy and Tony Award winner

September 7, 2023 No Comments

Leslie Odom Jr. discusses return to Broadway in ‘Purlie Victorious’

Grammy Award and Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. discusses his return to Broadway after the unprecedented success of Hamilton in Purlie Victorious by the

September 7, 2023 No Comments