Elisabeth Withers-Mendes News

A new television special on The Color Purple will celebrate the hit musical's journey from page and screen to the stage.

The Color Purple will celebrate its 500th performance tonight, Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 7:00PM at the Broadway Theatre

BroadwayWorld presents the sixth in an eight-part preview series leading up to the 10th Annual Broadway Bears auction, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The smash hit musical, The Color Purple, nominated for eleven 2006 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the recipient of a Best Actress Tony Award, for LaChanze (as Celie), celebrates its first year anniversary on Broadway

Chicago native Felicia P. Fields will reprise her 2006 Tony-nominated role of Sofia in the national tour of the hit musical The Color Purple, while NaTasha Yvette Williams will succeed her on Broadway

On July 11th, The Color Purple offered a special performance to benefit the Actors' Fund of America, and stars such as Fran Drescher turned out to catch the show

Marking 60 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards were being broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 11th, and we've got the winners here! The History Boys led the pack with 6 wins, followed by The Drowsy Chaperone with 5, Jersey Boys with 4 and The Pajama Game, Sweeney Todd, and Awake and Sing with 2.

It's Tony Time: Don't Miss A&E's 'Breakfast with the Arts' June 11

Twelve of the season's brightest new stars were honored on Tuesday at the 62nd Annual Theatre World Awards.

Watch the Tonys this Sunday at 8PM on Channel 13 (Baltimore) or Channel 9 (Washington)! And send us your thoughts at the regular email addresses!

Liza Minnelli, Ralph Fiennes and Patricia Neal are the latest additions to the roster of stars who will present the Theatre World Awards on June 6th

Elisabeth Withers-Mendes--who is currently Tony-nominated for her performance in The Color Purple--will release her debut solo CD in late June

Announced this morning and reported on live at BroadwayWorld.com, we've got all the nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 11th.

Twelve performers have won 2005-06 Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway and Off-Broadway Debut Performances.

The Actors' Fund will give Special Performances of Barefoot in the Park and The Color Purple on May 21st and July 11th, respectively

'The Pajama Game' Heads the List with 8 Nominations followed by 'Grey Gardens' with 7 Nominations and 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Jersey Boys' with 6 Nominations

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The Color Purple stars LaChanze and Elisabeth Withers-Mendes will perform on A&E's 'Breakfast with the Arts' on Sunday, April 9th

BroadwayWorld held a contest to give away 5 copies of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of 'The Color Purple. Thousands entered - were you a lucky winner?

LaChanze and other The Color Purple stars turned out to Angus McIndoe on January 10th to listen to a preview of the show's cast recording