Deborah Roberts Instagram – Finale performance of Purlie Victorious…And what a masterpiece. Ossie Davis’s provocative work, taking a hard and even slightly humorous look at our country’s painful past, finally on Broadway after 62 years and brilliantly directed by @iamkennyleon The audience laughed and cried and sighed deeply thanks to powerful performances by @leslieodomjr @karaakter @vanessabellcalloway and the rest of the talented cast. Wow! Just wow! The final curtain was on the anniversary of Davis’s death 19 years ago.