Title: Purlie
Description: National Theatre, Louis A. Lotito, managing director, Philip Rose presents "Purlie," a new musical comedy, based on the play "Purlie Victorious," by Ossie Davis, starring Robert Guillaume, Patti Jo, Art Wallace, Sherman Hemsley, Carol Jean Lewis, Tommy Breslin, Helen Martin, Shirley Monroe, music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell, book by Davis-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.