The Color Purple was written by American author Alice Walker in 1982 as an epistolary novel and went on to win the 1983 ...

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 ...

After Danielle Deadwyler’s snub I don’t put anything past the Academy. The Color Purple could be a masterpiece and still get snubbed. Black and brown and other POC talent doesn’t get the same ...

*The co-director of Beyoncé’s Disney+ visual album “Black Is King,” is set to direct a movie musical based on the Tony-winning Broadway reimagining of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel “The Color Purple.” ...

Last month it was announced that a film version of the musical will be released in cinemas – microbes permitting – in December 2023. In the meanwhile the Leicester Curve production, in conjunction ...

“The Color Purple” is coming back to the big screen…as a musical! The celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Alice Walker first made its award-winning big screen debut in 1985. Now, with the help ...

The Just Right Productions cast of “The Color Purple” musical has been rehearsing for months in preparation for the show to hit the stage in February.

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 ...