From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Director John Doyle has taken on his fair share of revivals, but perhaps none have been as stunning as this season's THE COLOR PURPLE, starring Tony nominees Cynthia Erivo and Dan…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Below, watch as she tells us all about how she's preparing for her big Broadway return!

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Color Purple just began preview performances last last week at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th street). Grammy, Academy Award, and Golden Globe award winner JENNIF…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: After a sold out two week residency at London's famed Hippodrome Casino, acclaimed songwriter Scott Alan will release his seventh album, 'Cynthia Erivo and Oliver Tompsett sing Sco…

Opening in 1927 as the Royale Theatre, the house was renamed the John Golden for a few years (the John Golden today is one door down now, of course), then back to the Royale for 65 years. That's the name on sev…

Will the third time be the charm for Brandon Victor Dixon? The Tony nominee for Hell's Kitchen has been here before, for his performances in The Color Purple (2006) and Shuffle Along... (2016). "The message o…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Ana Gasteyer who stars as Fosca and Director Gary Griffin discuss the current production of 'Passion'. Ana and Gary also tell us about their other career highlights including Gaste…

From the brilliant comedic and emotive mind of Emmy Award winner and Oscar and Tony Award nominee Colman Domingo (Rustin, The Color Purple, Euphoria) comes Wild with Happy, releasing Thursday, June 13 exclu…

Awa Sal Secka performs "Oh My Love" from WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA Now Through July 7, 2024 Tickets at SigTheatre.org A poignant, beautiful musical of parallel journeys from the writer of Apple TV+’s…

Netflix has announced that Academy Award-nominated actor Colman Domingo (Rustin, The Color Purple,  Sing Sing, Euphoria, Michael) has joined the cast of The Four Seasons, an all-new comedy series adaptation fr…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The first North American tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE will launch on October 7, 2017 in Schenectady, New York at Proctors and the tour will h…

The Tony Award-winning actor and producer LaChanze has launched a new multimedia production company. LaChanze Productions will be focused on producing original works by new voices and making theater exciting an…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical opens tonight at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre! The three actresses who play the role of musical icon Donna Summer are Tony Award winner LaChanze (Th…

Playwright and screenwriter Marcus Gardley may not have known it at the time, but he had been preparing to adapt Alice Walker's iconic tale for decades.

WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA May 21 – July 7, 2024 Tickets at SigTheatre.org A poignant, beautiful musical of parallel journeys from the writer of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show and directed by Timothy …

Singer-songwriter, choreographer and famed YouTuber Todrick Hall joins the London cast of Shrek, running at the Eventim Apollo Theatre in Hammersmith for six weeks from July 19 through August 31. Hall takes o…

Watch Olivia Puckett sing 'Easy to Be Hard' from Signature Theatre's production of the rock musical HAIR in action in this all-new video. Hair has music by Galt MacDermot and book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and…

The Pennsylvania company's summer season includes West Side Story, The Color Purple, The Music Man, and more.

A roster of Broadway veterans will perform at PBS' annual National Memorial Day Concert, honoring the country's veterans and military families. The concert premieres on May 26, broadcasting live from the West …

The Chita Rivera Awards, an annual celebration of excellence in dance and choreography in film and theater, has released its list of 2024 nominees. Tony Award winner and current Cabaret star Bebe Neuwirth ann…

According to Deadline, playwright Robert O'Hara will be bringing Barbecue to the big screen. O'Hara will be directing the feature film adaptation of his play, which will star Colman Domingo, Marisa Tomei, and D…

Bianca Marroquín will return to the Broadway cast of Chicago as Roxie Hart alongside Tony nominee Natasha Yvette Williams, who returns to the show in the role of Matron “Mama” Morton. Marroquín takes …

Jennifer Hudson—singer, actress, talk show host and claimer of the coveted EGOT status—has joined the producing team for the Broadway-bound musical Smash. Based on the Broadway-inspired NBC series, Smash…

"Multilingualism is the only path to develop new audiences in our field, so we are hopeful, that 'Azul' can be one more step toward linguistic inclusion in the American theatre." - Jacinta Clusellas, Tatiana Pa…

Reneé Rapp, Fellow Travelers, and more received GLAAD Media Awards at last night's Los Angeles ceremony. Nominees included The Color Purple, Rustin, Billy Porter, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, High School …

There is at last a conclusion to an ongoing court battle between Seyi Omooba and Michael Garrett Associates Ltd/ Leicester Theatre Trust Ltd. The former lost a case against the latter in 2021, when she took l…

So excited to see it on a 32 inch screen! HBO 8PM in New York! Hell, yes!  

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. Some stories transcend time and continue to resonate across generations. Undoubtedly, one might consider The Color Purple as one of those stories.

Oscar and Tony-nominated actress Danielle Brooks is finding her roots tonight on PBS. The Color Purple star is sitting down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a new episode of Finding Your Roots tonight with Dionne…

You'll be able to watch the screen version of the 2005 Broadway musical at home this month.

Warner Bros. Pictures’ THE COLOR PURPLE movie musical will make its streaming debut on Max next week. Produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and Quincy Jones, the film is a bold new take …

The NAACP Image Award Nominations have been announced, with The Color Purple leading with a total of 16 nominations, with nods for Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawk…

Winners will be revealed at a March 16 ceremony broadcast on BET and CBS.

The first 10 minutes of The Color Purple have been released, featuring Whoopi Goldberg's cameo and the opening number, 'Mysterious Ways.' The video also features Tamela Mann, Halle Bailey, David Alan Grier, Phy…

4 performers who've sung the role at regional theatres reflect on what they've taken away from playing 'The Color Purple’s resilient protagonist.

The 2024 BAFTA Award nominations have been announced. Check out the full list of nominations, including Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, W…

Barrino entered American Idol in 2004 as a young single mother who struggled to read, and won over the nation with her powerhouse voice and personality. Now she is starring in her first film. She discusses pove…

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, has announced the nominees for the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, including five Broadway shows, B…

Phil Lojo has overseen the sound on shows like “The Color Purple” and “Back to the Future.”

Fantasia Barrino won “American Idol” in May 2004 and has gone on to release two [...]

The digital and physical releases will include hours of bonus features, including a behind the scenes look at turning Alice Walker's novel into a musical. The dozens of features will also have three featurettes…

 “The Color Purple” and “Mean Girls,” were both Hollywood movies adapted from books (Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” and Rosalind Wiseman’s non-fiction  “Queen Bees and Wannabees,…

With “Mean Girls,” “Wonka” and “The Color Purple,” why have studios spent much of their marketing budget downplaying and disguising their movie musicals?

Superpower (I) features a tour de force performance by Fantasia, the film's central star. Written and produced by lauded hitmaker The-Dream (Rhianna, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey), the song unites all the emotion of …

Numerous Broadway alums are among the nominees for the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, set to take place on February 21. Two-time Tony nominee Annette Bening (Nyad), Tony nominee Carey Mulligan and…

This morning, nominees for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® honoring outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances for the past year were announced. Check out the full list of nominations, …

A lineup of special The Color Purple classes are coming to Peloton, as part of the Broadway series. The classes will feature music from the 2023 film.

The 2024 Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place on January 7, with a handful of Broadway alums receiving honors. For her performance in Poor Things, Emma Stone, who made her Broaday debut in the 2014 revival …

According to the New York Times, The Color Purple made an estimated $4.8 million from 3,218 theaters in the United States and Canada this weekend. This puts the film in seventh place at the box office, behind G…

She may not be making a cameo in the new film, but Oprah still knows Sofia's lines.

With the screen version of the Broadway musical currently in movie theatres, a full number has hit the internet.

Watch a video of Taraji P. Henson's full show-stopping rendition of 'Push Da Button' from The Color Purple movie musical. The video also features appearances by Fantasia Barrino, Colman Domingo, and Corey Hawki…

Watch NEXT at the Kennedy Center: Cynthia Erivo & Friends, A New Year's Eve Celebration at https://www.pbs.org/show/next-kennedy-center/ Cynthia Erivo, enchanting star of the stage and screen, performs “I Lo…

Watch NEXT at the Kennedy Center: Cynthia Erivo & Friends, A New Year's Eve Celebration at https://www.pbs.org/show/next-kennedy-center/ Tony Award winners Cynthia Erivo and Ben Platt fill the stage with joy a…

“That was around the time that my life was so crazy," Barrino, 39, told People.

Barack Obama has added The Color Purple as a late addition to his favorite films of 2023. The former President took to X to share that he 'loved it,' receiving an enthusiastic response from Danielle Brooks. Rea…

With the recent release of The Color Purple, check out how other film versions of Broadway musicals have fared.

Oprah Winfrey is opening up about the surprise cameo in The Color Purple and why she didn't make one herself. While she turned down a potential appearance in the film, the media mogul thinks that Whoopi Goldber…

The Color Purple has hit $25 million at the box office, building on its impressive $18 million debut. The box office feat shows displays a resurgence for movie musicals at the box office, setting the stage for …

Did you know both Celie understudies were nominated for Tony Awards in 2022?

LaChanze is speaking up about the mark she made on The Color Purple musical. The actress and producer, who won a Tony Award for playing the role of Celie in the original Broadway production, states that she add…

In the world of cinematic adaptations, The Color Purple stands as a multi-generational beacon, epitomising the transformative power of storytelling.

Watch a video of Fantasia Barrino performing 'I'm Here' during The Color Purple table read. The American Idol alum's co-star, Colman Domingo, took to Instagram to share the clip. The new film also features Dani…

Another movie musical, Wonka, also reigned strong at the box office.

The Color Purple topped the Christmas Day box office with a $18 million debut. The film's debut was 'much bigger' than was anticipated, tying with 2012's Les Miserables film for Christmas Day grosses in movie t…

Adapted from the Broadway musical, the film stars Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, and Taraji P. Henson.

When, near the end of the new movie musical “The Color Purple,”  Fantasia Barrino as Celie sings “I don’t need you to love me….I’m beautiful, yes I’m beautiful, and I’m here,” it’s thril…

A new adaptation shows how rich Alice Walker’s novel is and how the source material can lend itself to unconventional storytelling.

Offered the chance to revisit her Broadway performance as the much-abused Celie, the star faced a difficult path.

Nine years ago, the actor was ready to quit Hollywood. Now, he’s starring in “Rustin” and “The Color Purple” in a breakthrough moment on the big screen.

While discussing the salary inequality that Black women face in the entertainment industry, Taraji P. Henson said she 'almost had to walk away' from The Color Purple after not seeing a raise in her income since…

The Color Purple movie musical features several new songs with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. With the additional of new material, some of the songs from the stage production…

The film adaptation of the 2005 Broadway show hits movie theatres December 25.

Read the reviews for The Color Puprle movie musical! It stars Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks reprising the roles that they previously played on Broadway, plus Taraji P. Henson, Halle Bailey, Colman Do…

The new stills feature updated looks at Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Fantasia Barrino, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Colman Domingo, Halle Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr., and more with director Blitz Bazawule in The…

Watch the video trailer for the Max Original documentary special OPRAH AND THE COLOR PURPLE JOURNEY. Oprah Winfrey takes viewers inside the four-decade phenomenon, exploring the importance of the novel, films a…

Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the first decade of the 2000s. You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familiar …

The Official Soundtrack for the forthcoming The Color Purple musical film is available now!  ‘The Color Purple (Music From and Inspired By)' Soundtrack is a powerhouse R&B/Pop album, featuring the film's…

The album features both the film's songs and tracks "inspired by" the movie musical, hitting movie theatres December 25.