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The Color Purple poster

The Color Purple

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Previews November 10, 2015

Opening December 10, 2015

Closing January 8, 2017

Official Site · IBDB

Box Office

$44,725,909 total gross 61 weeks best week $1,173,670 (Jan 8, 2017)

Weekly gross — most recent 52 weeks

Jan 17, 2016Jan 8, 2017

Grosses provided by The Broadway League. For additional The Color Purple grosses, see broadwaywrap.com.

Articles about The Color Purple

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La Chanze to Star in Broadway-Bound Musical <I>The Color Purple</I>

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

<i>The Color Purple</i> and <i>Shenandoah</i><br> Chicago Reviews by John Olson

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

GLAAD Media Awards Nominees Include<I>I Am My Own Wife, Color Purple</I> and <I>Ghetto Superstar</I>

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Jeanette Bayardelle, LaToya London & Michelle Williams to Star in Color Purple Tour

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Chicago Run of <em>The Color Purple</em>, with "Idol" Winner Fantasia, Begins Sept. 2

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

<I>The Color Purple</I> Author Alice Walker Appears at New York Public Library Talk, Nov. 30

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Kenita Miller, "American Idol" Alum in "Color Purple" at Bushnell By Frank Rizzo

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Tony Award Nomination Thrice as Nice for <I>The Color Purple</I> Songwriting Trio

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

<I>Chorus Line, Grinch, Color Purple</I> and <I>Spamalot</I> Will Be Featured on Thanksgiving Day Parade

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Ariel backs 'The Color Purple'

Fund companies are no strangers to the arts. Forays into theater, though, have been relatively rare.

SOURCE: USA Today at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Parks, <em>Ray Charles Live!</em> and <em>Color Purple</em> Among NAACP Theatre Award Winners

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

PHOTO OP: Kenita R. Miller Performs at Press Screening of New TV Documentary The Color Purple: The Color of Success

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'The Color Purple' brings its staying power to the L.A. stage By Jan Breslauer

No matter what form its story takes -- book, film or play -- nothing gets lost in the translation.

SOURCE: www.calendarlive.com at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

LaChanze, Fields, Goldsberry, Withers Set for Color Purple on Broadway

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

<I>The Color Purple</I> and <I>The Wedding Singer</I> Stars Join MCC Benefit <I>Miscast</I>

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

LaChanze, Norman to Appear at <i>Color Purple</i> Book Event Nov. 29

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

La Chanze and Co. Ready Musical <I>The Color Purple</I> for Final Staged Reading, June 27

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

ON THE SCENE: FANTASIA BARRINO BROADWAY DEBUT IN "THE COLOR PURPLE"

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Broadway Grosses: The Color Purple Celebrates Fantasia

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Fantasia a box office fantasy<br> 'Idol' winner boosts 'Color Purple'

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Color Purple: Fantasia's Personal Triumph Review by Oscar E Moore

SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Color Purple' lops off one of two Chicago weeks by Chris Jones

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Broadway's <I>Color Purple</I> Performs Live at Macy's Herald Square, Feb. 16

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Color Purple' B'way bound in early '05

Co. also developing musical with AC/DC singer
The musical version of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" is slated for an early 2005 arrival on Broadway following a tryout run at a regional theater in fall 2004.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

<i>Color Purple</i>'s Dixon to Star as Music Great in <i>Ray Charles Live!</i> Musical

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

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