The Color Purple is a musical with a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell, and Allee Willis. Based on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker, the show follows the journey of Celie, an African-American woman in the American South from the early to mid-20th century.From Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller and Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated film comes a stage musical with a fresh, joyous score of jazz, ragtime, gospel and blues. This stirring family chronicle follows the inspirational Celie as she journeys from childhood through joy and despair, anguish and hope to discover the power of love and life.
CAST
Taylor Kidd
Levi Landry “
Jamyla Vidato
Aaron “Black Magic” Turnipseed
Chandler Baptiste.
Teresa “Ms. Tee” Augustine
Nathan Bauerle
Rebekah Alphonso .
Thais Kitchens
Brittney M. James (Brittney Crayton)
Jeremy Lloyd”:
Steven D. Burke Sr
Calvinette Rogers
Sam Warren
Pamela Williams
Vera Sims
Missy Griffith
Marquita Smooth-Sanders
Shylanda “Shy” Pam
Brandon Conerly
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