Purlie

by Cleavon Little

1970

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Broadway Theatre, Philip Rose presents "Purlie," a new musical comedy, based on the play "Purlie Victorious," by Ossie Davis, starring Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, John Heffernan, with Sherman Hensley, Novella Nelson, C. David Colson, Helen Martin, Linda Hopkins, music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell, book by David-Rose-Udell, scenery by Ben Edwards, lighting by Thomas Skelton, costumes by Ann Roth, hair styles by Ernest Adler, orchestrations and choral arrangements by Garry Sherman and Luther Henderson, musical supervisor Garry Sherman, musical conductor Joyce Brown, dance music arranged by Luther Henderson, chroreography by Louis Johnson, directed by Philip Rose.