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Photos: The Color Purple Opening Night Arrivals

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The Color Purple, began previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway at 53rd St.) on November 1st and opened on Thursday, December 1, 2005. BroadwayWorld was there to capture all the night's excitement!

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker that inspired the 1985 Steven Speilberg film, The Color Purple features a score by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray, and a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman; Gary Griffin directs. The Color Purple stars LaChanze, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Felicia P. Fields, Kingsley Leggs, Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, Brandon Victor Dixon and Krisha Marcano, among others.

Tickets for The Color Purple can be purchased by calling (212) 239-6200 or visiting the Broadway Theatre's box office. For more information, visit www.colorpurple.com.

 

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The Marquee!

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Lynn Whitfield

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David Letterman Walking Oprah to the theatre

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David Letterman

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Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey and Ruby Dee

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Debbie Allen and Guest

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Ashanti

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Oprah Winfrey & Angela Bassett

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Naomi Campbell

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Ann Curry

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Sean Combs

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Clive Davis

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Kimberly Elise

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Kimberly Elise & Alice Walker

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Jamie Foxx

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Star Jones

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Quincy Jones

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David Hasselhoff

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Gayle King

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Al Roker

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S. Epatha Merkerson & Paul Ruebens

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Sidney Poitier

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Mike Nichols

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Mike Nichols and Diane Sawyer

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Donald and Melania Trump

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Donald and Melania Trump

Curtain Call:

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Oprah onstage at the show's emotional curtain call

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Oprah Winfrey with Felicia P. Fields

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LaChanze

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Oprah and the cast

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Elisabeth Withers-Mendes

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Felicia P. Fields

 

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Oprah and the cast



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