Thursday, March 28, 2024
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.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMThursday, March 21, 2024
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-inspire…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMMonday, March 18, 2024
"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 C…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:32PMFriday, March 15, 2024
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 L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMWednesday, March 6, 2024
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 20…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMFriday, February 16, 2024
So excited to see it on a 32 inch screen! HBO 8PM in New York! Hell, yes!
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 08:46PMWednesday, February 14, 2024
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.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:48PMTuesday, February 13, 2024
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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMFriday, February 9, 2024
You'll be able to watch the screen version of the 2005 Broadway musical at home this month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMWarner 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMThursday, January 25, 2024
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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMWinners will be revealed at a March 16 ceremony broadcast on BET and CBS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMMonday, January 22, 2024
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, D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:55PMThursday, January 18, 2024
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.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:20PMThe 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'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMBarrino 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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMWednesday, January 17, 2024
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 fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMPhil Lojo has overseen the sound on shows like “The Color Purple” and “Back to the Future.”
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:00AMTuesday, January 16, 2024
Fantasia Barrino won “American Idol” in May 2004 and has gone on to release two [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:48PMThe 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 ha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMSunday, January 14, 2024
“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…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:12PMWith “Mean Girls,” “Wonka” and “The Color Purple,” why have studios spent much of their marketing budget downplaying and disguising their movie musicals?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMFriday, January 12, 2024
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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMWednesday, January 10, 2024
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�…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMThis 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 l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMA 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.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMMonday, January 8, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMSunday, January 7, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMFriday, January 5, 2024
She may not be making a cameo in the new film, but Oprah still knows Sofia's lines.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMWith the screen version of the Broadway musical currently in movie theatres, a full number has hit the internet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PMWatch 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 Domi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMTuesday, January 2, 2024
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 scre…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PMMonday, January 1, 2024
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 …
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:36AMSunday, December 31, 2023
“That was around the time that my life was so crazy," Barrino, 39, told People.
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:16PMFriday, December 29, 2023
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 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMWith the recent release of The Color Purple, check out how other film versions of Broadway musicals have fared.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PMThursday, December 28, 2023
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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMWednesday, December 27, 2023
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, se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMDid you know both Celie understudies were nominated for Tony Awards in 2022?
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PMLaChanze 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,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:53AM 
