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Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
#25Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/24/16 at 5:27pm
I have to imagine Erivo's extending through Jan. 8 with the likelihood that the show closes that day as well. Unless the can get a big name to replace Erivo, I really can see the show surviving without her.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
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#26Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/24/16 at 5:29pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Oh, please. This is amazing news and you queens are gonna line up to see this.
Correct on all counts. Was going to return a second time to see Heather again, but I may now wait for Holliday.
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#27Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/24/16 at 7:14pm
Holliday is gonna be messy. But I'd see her. I saw her do Dreamgirls in ATL and she still slayed it.
Wasn't that tour cancelled?
#28Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/24/16 at 8:02pm
My friend ran over to the box office this afternoon as soon as this press release came out and three of us are going to her first performance. Very excited!!
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
#29Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/24/16 at 8:07pm
All I can think of is Jennifer unhinging her jaw and inhaling Cynthia's head during their soft love scenes. Subtlety, thy name is not Jennifer Holliday.
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#30Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/24/16 at 8:08pm
I saw this and got excited. My mother saw this and got excited. That is all
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#32Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/24/16 at 9:47pm
Jennifer Holliday played "The Chanteuse" in the Zachary Scott Theatre (Austin, TX) production of "Sophisticated Ladies" in 2015. One story I heard is that she ordered the keys changed at the last possible moment. My heart goes out to the cast and crew of "Colored Purple".
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Updated On: 8/24/16 at 09:47 PM
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#33Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/24/16 at 10:13pm
KJisgroovy said: "Well I think this is terrific. Shug isn't the hardest part to play.
Will she act it as well as Heather Headley? Heavens no... but I think her persona... a talent not quite as exceptional as it once was... a little too over the top for her own good... might add some interesting elements to the character.
The scenes between Shug and Celie will suffer a bit... but Cynthia really carries that arch on her own... I don't think it will diminish her performance any.
Any idea if Cynthia will extend? Any idea if the show will even make it to October?
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Why would the show not make it to October? The numbers are fine considering the time of year. All shows will see a holiday pickup. And why would they bring Holliday on starting Oct 4th? Don't be silly!
#34Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/24/16 at 11:10pm
All I know is.... back in the spring of 1982 I sat in the front row/front mezz of the Imperial Theatre ($40.00). I was blessed to witness what was, and always has been for me, one of the greatest theatre performances!
What will happen with this role - who knows? My guess is that Mr. Doyle knows what is doing.
#35Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 6:05am
Diva_Dom said: "Having seen the show 34 time, I'm intrigued to see what she does with Shug Avery. I think she'll be great. I cannot wait to see he ron October 4th "
I think you've seen this show a few too many times...
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#36Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 9:14am
"My heart goes out to the cast and crew of "Colored Purple". "
Yikes. That's not the title.
#37Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 9:21am
neonlightsxo said: ""My heart goes out to the cast and crew of "Colored Purple".
Yikes. That's not the title.
It's the Colored Purple starring The Colored People!
#38Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:07am
I always hate the term, POC. It sounds as if white is automatically not a color, as if it's transparent and anyone can see through it.
#39Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:15am
Dancingthrulife2 said: "...as if it's transparent and anyone can see through it."
Well...
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#40Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:27am
in today's society (and I guess that of the past thousand years or so) the people who aren't white are the ones usually discriminated against. Plus white isn't a color.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#41Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:50am
Kad said: "Dancingthrulife2 said: "...as if it's transparent and anyone can see through it."
Well..."
I laughed.
#42Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 11:20am
I'm going to see the show next month while Headley's still in it. I tend to believe the show will close on Jan. 8 and that Erivo will extend until then. I'll hopefully make another trip for the closing performance.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#43Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 11:24am
ACL2006 - I'm very confused. Where is the Jan 8th date coming from? No one else is talking about it. I'm in NYC that weekend to see Falsettos' final performance (which is also Jan 8th). But if what you're saying turns out to be the truth - I'd call LincTix the second it is announced and switch my tickets for the day before and see TCP's final performance instead. (and cry throughout the show, but that's another matter)
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#44Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 11:47am
Oy...
I think days are numbered for CP.......
#45Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 2:09pm
It's like that revival of Grease in the 90's (in which Holliday also appeared) - "Are you at least a C list celebrity, and are you willing to do a Broadway show? You're hired!"... Desperate bit of stunt casting. And according to her Playbill Vault profile, she's turning 56 in October. Just sayin'.
#46Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 2:30pm
"This who they talkin' about... and everything they say is true too. So YOU, better believe it"
Tell me you cannot see Jennifer Holliday DESTROYING the haters with that line alone.
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#47Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 6:59pm
That's the thing. She can't act it. Hudson couldn't either. Especially for this character, which is supposed to drip with sex and charm and charisma.
The show is a million times better with Heather Headley as Shug than it was with Hudson. What the characters say about Shug and how they react to her made no sense with Jennifer Hudson being an uninteresting lump on stage, and won't with Holliday, either.
You'd think the producers would have noticed how much better the show plays with Headley and tried to cast someone with that kind of sex appeall and charisma rather than a semi name like Holliday.
This will close the show.
#48Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 8:04pm
Holliday as Shug won't necessarily close the show so much as Erivo leaving will. She just can't be replaced.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
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#49Jennifer Holliday to join THE COLOR PURPLE
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:24pm
Why not just cast Brandi.. She did a great job in Chicago and has more sexy appeal than Ms Holliday. And how in the world is Cynthia going to convenience the audience she has fallen in love with this 56 year old women. Miscast
Updated On: 8/25/16 at 10:24 PM