The Color Purple 2005 - Articles Page 2.6

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

The Color Purple stars Jeannette Bayardelle and Angela Robinson will perform at Borders-Columbus Circle on Wednesday, February 7th at 7 PM.

The first North American Tour of the Broadway hit The Color Purple will premiere at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) for a limited engagement beginning April 17, 2007

Since its first preview on November 1, 2005 THE COLOR PURPLE has the highest cumulative attendance figures of any new Broadway show of the 2005-2006 season. Nearly 750,000 audience members from across the country and around the world have seen the production.

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

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

The Color Purple has broken the Broadway Theatre's house record for the week ending July 2

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

Playwright Marsha Norman is nominated for Best Book for The Color Purple, and tells us about the challenges of bringing that show to the stage and more...

Tony nominees Stephen Bray, Brenda Russel and Allee Willis give us the scoop all about The Color Purple.

Best Lead Actress in a musical LaChanze talks about The Color Purple, Oprah, the show's impact and more...

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

The Color Purple will soon spread across the country in a national tour, which will kick off in Chicago in April of 2007

On February 25th, The Color Purple reaches its 100th performance at the Broadway Theatre

On February 16th, The Color Purple's Brandon Dixon, Felicia P. Fields, Elizabeth Withers-Mendes and more will perform at Macy's Herald Square