The new Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE opened just lastnight, December 10, at theBernard B. Jacobs Theatre 242 W 45th Street.Grammy, Academy Award, and Golden Globe award winner Jennif…
"With everything going on in society right now "- war, all the police brutality," the 'OITNB' actress lamented. "The beauty of it is you see someone that was so strong, get beat up and then …
The Broadway revival of The Color Purple, starring Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo, opened Dec. 10 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, marking the Broadway debuts of both actresses. Opening…
The Broadway revival of The Color Purple, starring Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo, opened Dec. 10 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, marking the Broadway debuts of both actresses. Opening…
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 …
a rewarding show thanks to some powerful performances .
Perfect casting and a smart staging make "The Color Purple" with Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson a winner.
A new, London-based revival of the musical 'The Color Purple' proves revelatory.
NEW YORK (AP) -- To those who question why a revival of "The Color Purple" is back on Broadway after its predecessor closed there only in 2008, the answer is two words, and …
How can deprivation become joy? That's not only the animating question of The Color Purple, the 1982 Alice Walker novel made into a musical in 2005, but also the operating principle behind J…
“The Color Purple” played on Broadway from 2005 to 2008 and no one really liked it. Good actors appeared in it, including Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)
Cynthia Erivo gives an exemplary acting performance in Doyle's concert-like production.
A mixed-news revival of the musical, which originally opened in 2005.
Bernard B Jacobs theater, New YorkJohn Doyle's streamlined version of Alice Walker's novel features fine performances from a vocally confident Hudson and the remarkable ErivoYou won't find m…
The Broadway revival of The Color Purple, starring Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo, opened Dec. 10 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, marking the Broadway debuts of both actresses. Opening…
The Broadway revival of The Color Purple, starring Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo, officially opened Dec. 10 following previews that began Nov. 10 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Read w…
As the revival opens on Broadway, we look back at one of the stars of the original 2006 production.
Under John Doyle's direction, this revival of the musical based on Alice Walker's novel forgoes sumptuousness in favor of vivid character development.
Cynthia Erivo in The Color Purple. Photo: Matthew Murphy In one of the more notable turnarounds in recent Broadway history,...
The musical of Alice Walker's popular novel returns to Broadway, featuring Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson.
Walker saw red over JetBlue's labor practices " but flew it anyway.
What a difference a director makes. Having seen the original Broadway staging of "The Color Purple" in New York and then the touring production at the Ahmanson Theatre, I was in no rush to r…
Unknown Brit Cynthia Erivo steals the show in this terrific new version of the musical.
The ladies wear the pants in John Doyle’s ravishing revival of “The Color Purple.” Jennifer Hudson is radiant as the love machine Shug Avery. Danielle Brooks shakes the hou…
By Brian Scott Lipton It's not just the final "Amen" that gives the musical adaptation of Alice Walker's stunning Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple th…