The Color Purple, currently in previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway at 53rd St.), opens on December 1st. 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. The Color Purple companyRenee Elise Goldsberry and LaChanzeAfrican Homeland Dance SequenceLaChanzeLaChanze and Kingsley LeggsFelicia P. Fields and LaChanzeZipporah G. Gatling, LaChanze, Leon G. Thomas III and Renee Elise GoldsberryLaChanze and Elisabeth Withers-Mendes