Purlie
New York City Center
Encores!
Opening Night: March 31, 2005
Closing Night: April 3, 2005
Music: Gary Geld
Lyrics: Peter Udell
Book: Ossie Davis
Philip Rose
Peter Udell
A black man dreams of being a preacher and works to take control of the church in his small Georgia community despite the community’s difficult relationships with neighboring whites.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
Walk Him Up the Stairs………………………….Company
New Fangled Preacher Man………………………..Purlie
Skinnin’ a Cat…………………………Gitlow, Field Hands
Purlie…………………………………………….Lutiebelle
The Harder They Fall…………………..Purlie, Lutiebelle
Charlie’s Songs: The Barrels of War/The Unborn
Love………………………………………………….Charlie
Big Fish, Little Fish…………………….Ol’ Cap’n, Charlie
I Got Love………………………………………..Lutiebelle
Great White Father………………………..Cotton Pickers
Skinnin’ a Cat………………………………Gitlow, Charlie
Down Home…………………………………..Purlie, Missy
ACT TWO
First Thing Monday Mornin’……………..Cotton Pickers
He Can Do It……………………………..Missy, Lutiebelle
The Harder They Fall (Reprise)……………Gitlow, Missy,
Lutiebelle
The World Is Comin’ to a Start……….Charlie, Company
Walk Him Up the Stairs (Reprise)………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Blair Underwood Purlie
Anika Noni Rose Lutiebelle
Lillias White Missy
Doug E. Doug Gitlow
John Cullum Ol’ Cap’n
Christopher Duva Others
Lynda Gravatt Others
