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Based on Walker’s novel we follow Celie (Mariah Lyttle), a young black woman in a rural Georgia community in the early 1900’s. We follow her tragic journey going from the home of an abusive father to ...

The film officially hits theaters on Dec. 25. After dire advance buzz -- no nomination as best musical from the notoriously eager-to-please Golden Globes -- “The Color Purple” hits theaters for the ...

The lowest of lows and the highest of highs are never far apart in “The Color Purple,” the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning 1982 novel and Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film. In this ...

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 ...

Groundbreaking film with Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey was released in 1985. — -- Thirty years ago, the movie "The Color Purple" brought to the big screen a world audiences had scarcely seen ...

Three generations of women from the same family: Tammy Reid Robinson, Erica Taylor, and Gabbie Taylor, will be performing in The Color Purple at the Gastonia Little Theater. The family says that being ...

The Goodman concludes its 99th season with the musical revival featuring a 29-member company of many Chicago musical theater all-stars Brittney Mack is tremendous in the lead role. I’m familiar with ...