On Friday, January 19th, Tony and Grammy Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr. was honored with a caricature portrait at the famed theater district establishment, Sardi’s. Odom is currently starring in and producing the critically-acclaimed revival of Ossie Davis’ PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A Non-Confederate Romp Through The Cotton Patch.
Odom gathered at Sardi’s with past collaborators, friends, family, and the Purlie Victorious company for the portrait reveal ceremony. The celebration included tribute speeches from Odom’s Hamilton costars Philipa Soo (who also read a speech written by Steven Pasquale) and Brian d’Arcy James, National Black Theatre’s Sade Lythcott and Jonathan McCrory, Purlie Victorious producers Jeffrey Richards and Hunter Arnold, Purlie Victorious costar Kara Young, and Odom’s wife and frequent collaborator Nicolette Robinson.
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch officially opened at The Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th St.) on Wednesday, September 27to critical acclaim. The Pulitzer Prize finalist, written by the legendary Ossie Davis, is helmed by Tony Award®-winning director Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun, Fences, Topdog/Underdog). The production will play a strictly limited run through Sunday, February 4, 2024.
Photos: Marcus Middleton
