The Color Purple Information

The Broadway musical The Color Purple combines all the drama and depth of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and Steven Spielberg's beloved film The Color Purple with original music to make it the hottest theater ticket in town. LaChanze, a widow following the September 11 tragedy, brings depth and understanding to her character in The Color Purple. Her portrayal won LaChanze a 2006 best actress Tony Award.

The Color Purple tickets show a family saga that follows the journey of Celie and her family as she grows and discovers her voice in the world. It is the story of strength, love, and triumph over adversity set in the post-slavery pre-civil-rights world of the early twentieth century. The Color Purple features jazz, ragtime, gospel, and blues with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray. Stars of The Color Purple include LaChanze as Celie, Kingsley Leggs as Mister, and Elisabeth Withers-Mendes as Shug. Marsha Norman wrote the book for the musical The Color Purple.

Directed by Gary Griffin, the exceptional play The Color Purple set a new house record at the Broadway Theatre, grossing $1,394.446.28 for the week ending January 1, 2006. Both traditional and non-traditional theatergoers have been selling out The Color Purple.

Producer Scott Sanders, then president of Mandalay Television, led the charge to bring The Color Purple to Broadway. A string of celebrities got behind The Color Purple on Broadway as producers, including Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders, Roy Furman, and Bob and Harvey Weinstein. The Color Purple opened on December 1, 2005, with a memorable kick off as late night host David Letterman escorted producer Oprah Winfrey across the street on live television. A star-studded crowd attended the opening of The Color Purple on Broadway including Sidney Poitier, Cicely Tyson, Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Foxx, Sean "Diddy" Combs, and Donald Trump. Wrap yourself in The Color Purple at the Broadway Theater, 1681 Broadway.

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