The Color Purple is official!
The Color Purple is official!
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#0The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 12:22am
the color purple is official and i am so excited! here's a love thread...
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aegeusrocks
Featured Actor Joined: 3/20/05
#1re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 12:29amyes! finally they've confirmed it. i reeeeeaaally want to see this show when i go to new york in march....
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
aegeusrocks
Featured Actor Joined: 3/20/05
#4re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:09amWhen are tickets on sale? I'm coming to New York (for the first time!) in November, and would love to see this show in preview...
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#5re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 8:20amI can't wait to see this!
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#6re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 9:49am
i'm so excited for this show!!!!!!!!!
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/6293
Updated On: 7/6/05 at 09:49 AM
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#7re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 12:29pm
Derek
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/03
#8re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 1:44pmI have a feeling the music in this show will be beautiful!
theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#9re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 2:52pmDo you think Saycon and Adiane Lenox will have anything to do with it on Broadway since they have helped out with out of town try outs?
(Martha Graham from a letter to Agnes de Mille) "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening That is translated through you into action, And because there is only one of you in all time, This expression is unique. If you block it, It will never exist through any other medium And be lost. The world will never have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, Nor how valuable it is, Nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, To keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware Directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, A blessed unrest that keeps us marching And makes us more alive than others."
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#10re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 2:58pmLenox has said in interviews that she is no longer attached to the project and will not be doing the Broadway production.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#12re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:42pmMay it only avoid the pitfalls of the movie.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#13re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 3:46pmAmen, Magruder
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#14re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 4:01pmAny word on casting? My friend is doing the workshop and I wonder if alot of the workshop actors will stay for the Broadway run.
Be the change you want in the world....
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#15re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 5:52pm
I've never read the Alice Walker novel.
I've yet to see the motion picture based on it.
The musical sounds interesting.
I might pick up the novel this week to read and after that rent the film to compare before this show hits Broadway.
Also, is Brenda Russell (credited as one of the composers/lyricists) the same Brenda Russell who sang "Piano in the Dark?"
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#16re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:00pmOr you might want to skip the film entirely.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#17re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:03pmYep, it's the same Brenda Russell.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#18re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:10pm
Why would I want to do that Macgruder?
Was it really that bad?
From what I know it was an Oscar nominated film and I'm assuming it got good reviews.
I do remember when the film came out. For some reason I just never got around to seeing it.
#19re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:12pm
Oh my gosh! Marquise, get the to a Blockbuster! I loved the book and I really enjoyed the film as well. I think it is a classic. How can you not like the film? I love me some Miss Margaret Avery as Shug!
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
Updated On: 7/6/05 at 06:12 PM
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:17pmThe film is the worst thing to happen to the black male since Jim Crow.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#21re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:19pmWhy do you say that?
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#22re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:28pm
Some young people may have forgotten the picketing and boycotts that sprung up all over the country at the time of the film's opening, due to the film's depiction of black men as either evil, corrupt or buffoonish. There isn't one three-dimensional sympathetic black male character in it and several members of the black community condemned it at the time.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Updated On: 7/6/05 at 06:28 PM
#23re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:39pmOh, I do recall the uproar that occured. I guess what I am looking for is why did you not care for the film? Is it for that reason?
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
#24re: The Color Purple is official!
Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:42pmI'm assuming that was the fault of the film, and not of the book, yes?
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