Krisha Marcano News

A party celebrating the Broadway debut of 'American Idol' star Fantasia Barrino in the hit musical The Color Purple was held at Spotlight Live in Times Square on April 22nd.

On February 20th, Kenita R. Miller will join the cast of The Color Purple as Celie. Jeannette Bayardelle, who currently plays the role, leaves the cast on February 18th.

Fantasia Barrino may be the latest 'American Idol' veteran to find work on Broadway, if she is cast as Celie in The Color Purple

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

On Wednesday, November 29th, Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple bookwriter Marsha Norman will join Broadway star LaChanze, who will reprise her Tony Award-winning role as Celie in a free event to promote the new book The Color Purple: A Memory Book of the Broadway Musical.

On Tuesday, November 28th, the producers of the hit musical The Color Purple will hold an open casting call for current roles and future replacements for both Broadway and the upcoming national tour, kicking off at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre in April, 2007

On November 15th, a The Color Purple event at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center featured a discussion, book signing and musical performances

A 'The Color Purple' event at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center will feature a discussion, book signing and musical performances

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 November 5th, LaChanze will bid farewell to The Color Purple, the musical in which she gives a Tony Award-winning performance as Celie

'We wanted to show our dressers how much they mean to us,' said Felicia P. Fields, who, along with cast members LaTrisa A. Coleman, Krisha Marcano and Angela Robinson, organized the first 'Dresser Appreciation Day,' celebrated between shows of The Color Purple on Wednesday, October 11 at the Broadway Theatre

Conceptual pop artist Francesca Harper, currently on stage in The Color Purple, blended original music, choreography, dance, and film into a contemporary pop variety show, 'Modo Fusion Lounge,' which was performed at the 92nd Street Y's Makor/Steinhardt Center on October 9th

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

John Lloyd Young, John Tartaglia and Harvey Evans were among those who turned out for the starry reception of Broadway Bears IX, and BroadwayWorld was there!

The cast of Wicked will host 'Broadway Acoustic Soul' on Monday, May 15 at 7 PM at Central Presbyterian Church to raise money for Quilts for Kids

On May 15th, Eden Espinosa, Megan Hilty, Shoshana Bean and other past and present stars of Wicked will headline the benefit Broadway Acoustic Soul

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

Today, March 27th, the cast of The Color Purple treated Chicago travelers to the first-ever in-flight performance