Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson in The Color Purple (© Matthew Murphy) Stunning. It's the best word to describe both John Doyle's remarkable new production of The Color Purple that opened last night at Bernard Jacobs Theatre. The word also applies to Cynthia Erivo’s electrifying Broadway debut in the show. The musical, of course, revisits the story told in Alice Walker's 1982 novel that inspired Steve…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:32AM on December 11, 2015