"I have been a Broadway theater-goer for decades and this play has been the most inspiring, complex, powerful, thought-provoking and pertinent play I have EVER seen. It is no wonder why it won the Pulitzer Prize.
Regrettably, I was at the final performance on Broadway because I would see it again and again. "
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Doc T from Teaneck on Sep 2, 2025
Amazing show and cast
"This show was utterly amazing totally different than when I was expecting, but I’m glad I saw it. And I happen to see it on closing night the final performance and the cast did not hold back."
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Broadway.com Customer on Sep 2, 2025
Real world!
"I like how every issue in today's society was touched on along with the generational issues that every family has faced in some way or another."
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 31, 2025
Wonderful!
"Kudos to all of the actors and the director! The play was magnificent! It was real and relatable! Funny and thought provoking! Definitely Tony worthy!"
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Bridgette H from Riverdale on Aug 31, 2025
Family dinner and drama
"Excellent family drama that brought back memories of the civil rights movement. The story also explored dynamics of family life and the importance of relationships."
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 31, 2025
It’s more than I hoped for.
"Any play that can make me laugh as much as it makes me think is great. Most of what I usually go to see are musicals, so when a straight up traditional play comes along, I pause. Purpose required attentive listening and that’s what it got from me. I loved it!"
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Brenda G from St Albans on Aug 31, 2025
Wonderful Chicago performance
"Character development is tremendous. Comedic mix is well timed. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 30, 2025
Hilariously Entertaining!
"This is absolutely one of the best plays I’ve seen in years. There is a character in this play that every family can relate to. This play is a must see!"
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Lawrence T from Raleigh on Aug 30, 2025
Serious subjects with humor to help
"The show dealt with serious issues facing African American families in an honest, nonjudgemental way. The humor relieved a lot of the tension of discussing these sensitive and often avoided subjects. The complexity of reality shown through and it felt OK and that we can handle it as families."
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Carleen D from Antioch on Aug 29, 2025
Look behind the curtain
"When a guest enters the home of an iconic civil rights leader and interacts with the family, disfunction is revealed and humanity is on full display.
Wonderful show, full of challenges and laughter, by great actors. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 29, 2025
Brilliant!
"This is true art of emotion, gut wrenching dialogue, and creative talent. Loved it!"
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 28, 2025
Loved it!
"It was a phenomenal performance, a perfect mix of drama and comedy. "
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 28, 2025
Something for everyone
"So well acted, engaging with many moving parts. I liked that it engaged a variety of perspectives and issues from hypocrisy to religion, mental health, queerness, relationships, etc, in a less traditional manner using the African-American family as a vehicle."
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Elyse M from Brooklyn on Aug 28, 2025
Most Entertaining Play this Year!
"The play was very well cast. The writing and directing was excellent as well as relatable to most families. The direction of the play was easy to follow with the Son narrating. Overall great play!"
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Lorraine C from Dagsboro on Aug 28, 2025
A night to remember
"An incredible show. Funny serious and with an ensemble cast that is brilliant. I almost always fall asleep in the theater. I was awake and transfixed from beginning to end"
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 27, 2025
Superb Acting!!!!!!
"I absolutely was taken in from the beginning to ending. I am so glad to have seen Purpose.
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Lorretta R from MOUNT LAUREL on Aug 26, 2025
A Must See
"I usually prefer Musicals but I must say that this play is fantastic . The cast was fabulous and the storyline has so many twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat. It’s also very funny, so glad I decided to see it. I highly recommend don’t miss it."
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Wilhelmina W from Brooklyn on Aug 25, 2025
Brilliant, heartwarming and honest
"All characters were well-drawn and consistently played. All actors were equally strong. The themes of honesty, family dynamics and duplicity were demonstrated. Themes were universal. It was definitely worth traveling from Richmond VA to see this award winning drama."
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 22, 2025
Family is forever, but..
"The actors were superb! The narrator prepared the audience for the upsets which continued throughout the performance. The lessons given were on point. The audience if paying attention was left to examine their family relationships and their place in the family and the world.
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Wendy G from Bay Shore on Aug 21, 2025
What is your purpose? The play is an invitation to ask yourself just that.
"As if we are seated in the Living Room, Nazareth includes us in on the discussion both from the inside and the outside. Riveting in its examination of "truth" and purpose. Precise in its willingness to mirror the cost of willful ignorance. Painful and funny and at the same time, this offering might assist one willing to take it all in to live more honestly and fully. "
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Zina J from Oxon Hill on Aug 20, 2025
Great performances by ALL actors
"I thought the narrator kept the audience engaged and wanting more. The girlfriend was hilarious but delivered a message with her every line.
Bravo!!! "
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 20, 2025
Spectacular Performances
"The entire performance was spectacular, from the thought provoking story line to the phenomenal acting. I could go back again, and again and again. I absolutely loved it and highly recommend. This is theater at it's best!!!."
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Wanda H from Chicago on Aug 20, 2025
Catch this before it closes!!!
"Excellent writing, acting, and direction. Hilarious, but thought provoking and emotional. Cannot recommend more highly! Theater at its best!"
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 18, 2025
Powerful! Thought provoking!
"Powerful, thought provoking show. Many relatable moments. Acting was superb. Great insight into the inner workings of a very complicated family. "
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Michael H from Parkland on Aug 18, 2025
A major play
"I don't have the time to provide the detailed review that this major American play merits. It is a complex, rich, compelling examination of faith and purpose--faith in the purpose of doubt in juxtaposition with doubt in the pursuit of purpose--explored with richness and complexity against the generational history of an African American family deeply embedded in the crises of the last 75 years, evoking the possibility of locating--and/or of fixating on, despite the impossibility of locating--the site of immaculate conception. This is not a religious play, nor an allegorical play, nor a historical play, but rather the dramatizing of individual struggle, personal betrayal, and, ultimately, hopeful confusion in accepting the demands of a troubled, racialized, gendered, politicized, and capitalized social economy. These abstractions do not do justice to the careful particularization of the characters and situations, intensified by uniformly impeccable performances. I have not stopped thinking about the implications of this play. I wish its run could be extended indefinitely, so that I could see it again (and again (and again (and again)))."
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Broadway.com Customer on Aug 18, 2025
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About
Purpose
For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there are cracks and secrets just under the surface. When the youngest son Nazareth returns home to Illinois with an uninvited friend in tow, the family is forced into a reckoning with itself, its faith and the legacies of Black radicalism. Spirited, hilarious and filled with intrigue, Purpose is an epic family drama from one of the country’s most celebrated voices.
