Philip Rose, ‘Raisin’ and ‘Purlie’ Producer, Dies at 89

Philip Rose, ‘Raisin’ and ‘Purlie’ Producer, Dies at 89

By BRUCE WEBER

Philip Rose, who as the producer of Broadway shows like “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Purlie Victorious” advanced the cause of black playwrights and actors and helped widen the scope of American theater to include stories of blacks and other minorities, died on Tuesday in Englewood, N.J. He was 89.

His death, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home of the Actors Fund, came after a stroke, his wife, Doris Belack Rose, said.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/theater/philip-rose-broadway-producer-dies-at-89.html