Win Tickets to The Color Purple in Baltimore!

THIS CONTEST IS OVER.  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!  THE WINNER WILL BE NOTIFIED SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 26.

ANSWERS ARE BELOW IN PURPLE!

Next week, the Tony-winning musical The Color Purple, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel arrives in Baltimore for a three-week run!  Once again, the good folks at the Hippodrome are offering BWW readers the chance to attend the opening night performance!  This one happens on Tuesday, April 29 at 8PM.  Just how "purple"are you?  Try all 10 questions below and enter the contest!

THE PRIZE: 

Win a pair of Opening Night tickets to The Color Purple at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre, Tuesday, April 29, at 8PM.  (Tickets are good only for that performance.)  The winner will be selected from a pool of entries with the most correct answers.

THE RULES: 

• The deadline for entries is NOON on Saturday, April 26, 2008.  All entries received after that time will be deleted.
• Send entries to jameshoward@broadwayworld.com.  Broadwayworld.com, James Howard, the Hippodrome Theatre, nor The Color Purple Company are not responsible for late, lost or undelivered emails.
• One entry per person.  Employees and their immediate families of the Hippodrome Theatre, BroadwayWorld.com, The Color Purple Company and Broadway Across America are NOT eligible to enter.
• All entries should be titled COLOR PURPLE CONTEST – BALTIMORE.
• Answers should be numbered, and answered with the letter AND the answer. (Ex.  12. a. Danny Glover)
• You must attempt all 10 questions.
• Entries that do not meet these requirements will not be entered.

THE CONTEST:

1. Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Color Purple, upon which the musical is based?
1. Toni Morrison
2. Alice Walker
3. Maya Angelou
4. Richard Wright

2. Oprah Winfrey, a producer of the musical, also starred in the film version of The Color Purple.  Which role did she play?
1. Harpo
2. Shug
3. Celie
4. Sofia

3. What then-newcomer to film played Celie in the film version of The Color Purple?
1. Leslie Uggams
2. Whoopi Goldberg
3. Hallie Berry
4. Beyonce

4. Fantasia Barrino played Celie to great critical acclaim on Broadway.  She is most famous for appearing on what show?
1. American Idol
2. Top Chef
3. So You Think You Can Dance
4. Survivor: Panama

5. Marsha Norman, who wrote the book of The Color Purple: The Musical, also wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning play:
1. 'night Mother
2. August: Osage County
3. Crimes of the Heart
4. Coastal Disturbances

6. The Color Purple chronicles events taking place spanning over how many years?
1. Approximately 10
2. Approximately 20
3. Approximately 30
4. Approximately 40

7. The Color Purple has scenes which take place in all of the following EXCEPT:
1. Africa
2. Georgia
3. Alabama
4. Tennessee

8. Celie's sister goes to Africa with a missionary family with two small children.  What surprising information does she find out about these children?
1. They are actually her children, given up for adoption years ago.
2. They are actually runaways, and the missionaries are returning them home.
3. They are actually runaways, and the missionaries are returning them home.
4. They are actually Celie's children, and therefore are her niece and nephew.

9. In The Color Purple, Shug Avery:
1. is a famous women's rights activist.
2. is a famous abolitionist.
3. is a famous singer.
4. is not famous, she is an everywoman like Celie.

10. Shug Avery has a reputation for being a wild woman.  Why would her father in particular be unhappy with her behavior?
1. He is the local mayor.
2. He is the local minister.
3. He is a supporter of prohibition.
4. He is against women's rights.

Good luck!