One more week added to 'The Purists' run
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BOSTON – Due to high ticket demand, the Huntington Theatre Company has extended the run of "The Purists," a new play about people with opposing viewpoints who choose to get along.
According to a press release from the Huntington, "The Purists" will be performed one more week at the South End/Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA starting Friday, Aug. 30 and closing Sunday, Oct. 6. It was originally slated to end Sept. 29.
"The Purists" brings Tony and Grammy Award winner Billy Porter (Kinky Boots, "Pose" on FX) back to the Huntington to direct the play by Dan McCabe. A former rapper, a DJ and a showtunes-loving telesales director have become an unlikely group who hang out and spar about music on a stoop in Queens. But when an impromptu rap battle erupts between two younger female emcees, everything gets questioned. With raw emotion and uproarious humor, "The Purists" asks, what is friendship? How can we embrace new ideas? And what does it mean to be wholly yourself?
Seven new performances have been added: Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 4 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 5 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m.
Read the preview of the show here.