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Oprah Winfrey

Birth Place: Kosciusko, MS, USA

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Oprah Winfrey is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 in Chicago. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire, and has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history. She has also been sometimes ranked as the most influential woman in the world.

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The Color PurpleThe Color Purple
 
[Broadway, 2015]
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The Color PurpleThe Color Purple
 
[Broadway, 2005]
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From the Mississippi Delta
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
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Awards and Nominations


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Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Revival of a Musical

Oprah WinfreyThe Color Purple

Tony Awards - 2006 - Best Musical

Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple

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Carol Burnett, Colman Domingo, & More Confirmed for Golden Globes Special Photo
Carol Burnett, Colman Domingo, & More Confirmed for Golden Globes Special
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 6, 2026

Carol Burnett, Colman Domingo, Kristin Davis, and more are set to appear in the new primetime special Golden Eve: The Golden Globes Honor Helen Mirren & Sarah Jessica Parker.
GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW Will Play The Coppell Arts Center Photo
GAZILLION BUBBLE SHOW Will Play The Coppell Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 17, 2025

The Coppell Arts Center will present the Gazillion Bubble Show, a family-friendly stage production featuring bubble artistry and interactive visual effects. The production has toured internationally and appeared on multiple television programs.
Sarah Jessica Parker Named 2026 Carol Burnett Award Honoree Photo
Sarah Jessica Parker Named 2026 Carol Burnett Award Honoree
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 13, 2025

Broadway alum Sarah Jessica Parker has been named the 2026 Carol Burnett Award honoree, recognizing her contributions to the television industry both in front of and behind the camera.
Helen Mirren to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Golden Globes Photo
Helen Mirren to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Golden Globes
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 5, 2025

Tony Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren has been named the 2026 Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree from the Golden Globes. The award will be presented on the new annual primetime special “Golden Eve,” airing on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
Review: SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR'S PEACE TOUR at Southern Theatre Photo
Review: SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR'S PEACE TOUR at Southern Theatre
by Paul Batterson - Oct 31, 2025

In the end, the choir’s music prevailed over any language barrier. The cavalcade of different voices kept the mostly full theatre dancing, raising their arms in agreement, and being moved by the power of things they couldn’t understand.
Michelle Obama to Launch Podcast Series and Book at BAM in November Photo
Michelle Obama to Launch Podcast Series and Book at BAM in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 16, 2025

Higher Ground, the media company founded by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, will launch a special six-part limited companion series to its podcast IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson.
Feinstein’s and Indianapolis Monthly to Team up for AFTERGLOW Dinner Series Photo
Feinstein’s and Indianapolis Monthly to Team up for AFTERGLOW Dinner Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 6, 2025

Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael and Indianapolis Monthlyhave partnered to bring you just that with a new Dinner Series: Afterglow! Learn more about the series here!
Lucy Liu Completes Lineup for Icons Of Culture at PAC NYC Photo
Lucy Liu Completes Lineup for Icons Of Culture at PAC NYC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2025

This fall, the Perelman Performing Arts Center will present the second annual PAC NYC ICONS OF CULTURE presented by BNY. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!
Interview: Mary Mulovhedzi of SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR at Southern Theatre Photo
Interview: Mary Mulovhedzi of SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR at Southern Theatre
by Paul Batterson - Oct 2, 2025

“You have to prepare your soul and clear your mind as you’re getting ready to go on. I ask myself, ‘why are you sending this message?’ and ‘what does the message mean to you today?’ every day before I go out on stage.” Mary Mulovhedzi
Kean Stage Welcomes Soweto Gospel Choir To Kean University Photo
Kean Stage Welcomes Soweto Gospel Choir To Kean University
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2025

The multi-Grammy and Emmy Award -winning SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR returns to North America with its concert entitled “PEACE,” a joyful program of South African freedom songs, traditional spirituals and some classics.
ALWAYS OLIVIA: AN OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN TRIBUTE Comes To Belfy Music Theatre This Week Photo
ALWAYS OLIVIA: AN OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN TRIBUTE Comes To Belfy Music Theatre This Week
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 25, 2025

Always Olivia, a tribute concert celebrating the timeless music of Olivia Newton-John, will be performed at the Belfy Music Theatre on Sunday, September 28, 2025. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the concert beginning at 7:00 p.m. Reserved seating starts at $72.
Soweto Gospel Choir Returns to The Moss Cultural Arts Center Photo
Soweto Gospel Choir Returns to The Moss Cultural Arts Center
by Stephi Wild - Sep 16, 2025

A celebratory and culturally rich performance, the world-renowned, multi-GRAMMY and Emmy Award-winning ensemble from South Africa will perform PEACE, a program filled with joyous song to delight the entire family.
Barbara Walters Documentary Sets ABC Network Premiere Photo
Barbara Walters Documentary Sets ABC Network Premiere
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 10, 2025

The network premiere of “Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything,” the feature-length documentary produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Documentaries, will take place on Walters’ birthday, Thursday, Sept. 25 (9:01-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC.
AFTERGLOW Comes to Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael Photo
AFTERGLOW Comes to Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2025

Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael and Indianapolis Monthly have partnered to bring you a fantastic new Dinner Series: Afterglow. Learn more about the performance here!
Passim School of Music is Teaching the Roots of the Blues with Boston Bluesman Paul R Photo
Passim School of Music is Teaching the Roots of the Blues with Boston Bluesman Paul Rishell
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2025

Learn the roots of the blues with Paul Rishell, one of today’s most respected country blues artists and a W.C. Handy Award winner. His workshop, Country Blues Guitar: The Basics and Beyond, offered through the Passim School of Music’s fall classes.
Video: SEEN & HEARD: THE HISTORY OF BLACK TELEVISION HBO Documentary Trailer Photo
Video: SEEN & HEARD: THE HISTORY OF BLACK TELEVISION HBO Documentary Trailer
by Josh Sharpe - Aug 28, 2025

The HBO Original two-part documentary Seen & Heard: The History Of Black Television will debut on Tuesday, September 9 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.. Watch a trailer for the film here.
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What awards has Oprah Winfrey been nominated for?

Best Revival of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Color Purple and Best Musical (Tony Awards) for The Color Purple.

What awards has Oprah Winfrey won?

Oprah Winfrey has won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for The Color Purple.

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