2016 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Musical Cynthia Erivo 2016 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director of a Musical John Doyle 2016 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a ...

Stagecrafters is gearing up for a range of reactions from the audiences who come out to see the emotion-packed, Tony Award-winning, moving musical “The Color Purple.” The show is running through Jan.

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An American novel classic has made its way its hometown stage. For the first time since the book was released in 1982 and its film adaptation in 1985, “The Color Purple” premiered as a musical ...

This summer is the first time the Goodman Theatre has staged the musical, based on the classic Alice Walker novel. It’s organized chaos at rehearsal for The Color Purple on a recent afternoon at the ...

This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. During the last 25 years, The Color Purple — once an eloquent story about a woman named Miss Celie — has become a full-blown, American institution. Twenty years ...

Chicago loves Celie, Sofia and Shug Avery, and has embraced “The Color Purple,” the 2005 Broadway musical based on both the beloved Alice Walker novel of strife, resilience and triumph in rural ...

A celebration of hope, love and the healing power of community starts off Pittsburg Community Theatre’s new year with the powerful musical “The Color Purple.” Curtain Calls: Royal Shakespeare Company ...

LMAO! You aren’t seriously comparing Danielle Brooks to the late legendary Diahann Carroll, are you? Diahann had the ability to transition from screen to stage and do so flawlessly. Not every actor is ...