As BroadwayWorld reported in September, actress Oluwaseyi (Seyi) Omooba was removed from Leicester Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome's revival of musical The Color Purple after West End Hamilt…
Seyi Omooba, the actor removed from a production of The Color Purple after a historic Facebook post exposed her anti-gay views, has
Willis is also well known for cowriting songs for Earth, Wind & Fire, as well as the iconic Friends theme song.
The Grammy-winning artist passed away in Los Angeles December 24.
BroadwayWorld is sad to report that THE COLOR PURPLE's co-writer, Allee Willis, died on December 24, 2019 at 72.BroadwayWorld is sad to report that THE COLOR PURPLE's co-writer, Allee Willis…
The Tony-winning revival opened December 10, 2015, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
The California theatre has also announced a name change.
The actor shares the connections between the role that won her a Tony, Grammy, and Emmy, and the role in Harriet that has put her in Oscar contention.
Celebrating the professional theatre scene in the Greater Philadelphia area, the awards were presented October 14.
The Color Purple writer Alice Walker has spoken publicly for the first time about the Seyi Omooba case, in a letter that
On Facebook this week, producer Scott Sanders shared the below letter from the Pulitzer Prize winning writer of The Color Purple, Alice Walker...
The fast-rising director talks about staging Maxim Gorky's Vassa with a last-minute lead, her passion for musicals and the joy of brain-digging in rehearsals When I meet the director Tinuke …
BroadwayWorld has a first listen to the  2019-20 North American tour cast of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE. Preview performances will begin October 19, 20…
Seyi Omooba, the actor who was replaced in a production of The Color Purple following the emergence of historic anti-gay comments, is
As we previously reported, actress Oluwaseyi (Seyi) Omooba was removed from Leicester Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome's revival of musical The Color Purple after Hamilton a…
Surely we are not heading towards awards season yet again? We had better hurry up then and check out the musical theatre nominees in this year's UK Theatre Awards. Who will you be rooting fo…
Lili-Anne Brown's staging of the musical based on Alice Walker's classic novel brings down the house. There is no doubt the 2005 musical adaptation of Alice Walk…
Casting has been announced for the 2019-20 North American tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of The Color Purple, and Mariah Lyttle, Sandie Lee and CheÌdra Arielle will lead …
The tour of the Tony Award-winning revival will open in New Orleans in October.
TROIKA Entertainment announced today the tour cities and casting for the 2019-20 North American tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE.
Donmar Warehouse; Royal Court, London; Curve, LeicesterDavid Greig's play on continental movement still resonates, while the makers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child can't summon the magi…
Celie's journey from despair to belief, love and hope is, in T'Shan Williams' hands, a believable and rewarding experience in The Color Purple.
Curve, LeicesterAlice Walker's novel is transformed into an exuberant celebration of community and female empowerment Incest. Child abuse. Rape. Domestic violence … the foundations of Ali…
The power of Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray's 2004 musical, based on Alice Walker's seminal tale of black womanhood and
The Heathers alum will play Celie in the upcoming Leicester and Birmingham co-production.