The world is awash with the color purple — lavender flowers, amethyst gemstones, plums, eggplants and purple emperor butterflies. But if you look closely at the visible-light portion of the ...

BroadwayWorld contributor Suzanne Whitaker offers her thumbs-up review of The Black theatre Troupe’s production of THE COLOR PURPLE. The Black Theatre Troupe presents THE COLOR PURPLE at Tempe Center ...

The Tony-winning musical "The Color Purple" will open at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton this Saturday. The musical is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker, who ...

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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 ...

It’s easy to see what attracted Aurora Theatre to the musical “The Color Purple.” A splashy, crowd-pleasing production, it’s also Georgia-based, and Aurora Producing Artistic Director Ann-Carol Pence ...

After Steven Spielberg brought Alice Walker's acclaimed novel "The Color Purple" – the poignant coming-of-age story of young African-American woman Celie Harris — to life in 1985 with his film ...

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 ...

As The Color Purple celebrates its 40th anniversary, the film remains a cultural cornerstone. We revisit the iconic story and find out what the cast is doing today. Even 40 years after its premiere, ...