<div dir="ltr"><br><div><b style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(153,0,255)">•••••••••••••••••••••••••••</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Palatino;font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><i style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;outline:currentcolor"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;outline:currentcolor">Capsule judgment:  The cast, headed by Dyrell Barnett, as Purlie, gives full-effort and has some fine moments.  Treva Offutt directs. If you are interested in  seeing a slice of Black Americana, and want to back the continued efforts of Karamu, the country’s oldest Black theatre, go see PURLIE VICTORIOUS!</span></i></b></p><div><b style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;outline:currentcolor"></span><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;display:inline!important"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To read the entire review go to: <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="https://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box">https://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To read the capsule judgements of the other Cleveland reviewers go to: <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(29,34,40);background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"> </span><span style="color:rgb(25,106,212);font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><a href="https://clevelandtheaterreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">https://clevelandtheaterreviews.blogspot.com/</a></span></p></b></div><div><b style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;display:inline!important"><br></p></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(153,0,255)">••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-weight:400"></span><font color="#202122" face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><i><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline" style="font-weight:400"></i></span></font><span style="color:white;font-family:Palatino;font-size:large"><span style="outline:currentcolor"><em style="outline:currentcolor"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">]gment:  The cast, headed by Dyrell Barnett, as Purlie, gives full-effort and has some fine moments.  Treva Offutt directs. If you are interested in seeing a slice of Black Americana, and want to back the continued efforts of Karamu, the country’s oldest Black theatre, go see PURLIE VICTORIOUS!</span></em><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="outline:currentcolor"> </span></span></span></b><br></div></div>