Highly Recommended Reviewed By: Matthew Perta A news release issued by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater says The Color Purple reminds us that, "it only takes a grain of love to make a mighty …
I felt pretty lonely back in 2005, when as the critic for Broadway.com I raved about the musical version of The Color Purple. My colleagues were largely unimpressed, as you can see here. So …
Milwaukee Repertory Theater's The Color Purple has announced casting – including former Purple Broadway cast members Zonya Love and Nathanial Stampley, and national tour member All…
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Writeractivist Alice Walker b. Feb. 9, 1944 made HISTORY as the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her seminal novel The Color Purple 1982, for which she …
Famed talk show host, Academy Award nominee and Broadway producer Oprah Winfrey is in talks to make her Broadway debut in a revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'night, Mother, opp…
Whether Hoffman is staring at the floor or tilting her head back to emit a primal wail, her shame and pain are visceral. When she finally has reason to smile and sing out loudly, declaring h…
The singing in the SpeakEasy Stage Company production is strong throughout; it's easy to get caught up in the sheer pleasure of such a variety of voices.
Writeractivist Alice Walker b. Feb. 9, 1944 made history as the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her seminal novel The Color Purple 1982, for which she …
'The Color Purple," now playing at the Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N. Southport, will have you seeing green, as in a complimentary dinner for two at nearby Cullen's Irish Pub, when you pur…
The Color Purple, a 2005 musical adaptation of the famous, pithy Alice Walker novel, ran for three years on Broadway but didn't charm the critics or the Tony Awards voters (it received 11 no…
In "The Color Purple," a musical based on Alice Walker's novel, four decades of a woman's life in the South are powerfully chronicled. Set in 1909 Georgia, the meek Celie (Trisha Jeffrey)…
The total package of the abundant and beautiful costumes, gorgeous lighting and the powerful singing and dancing of the entire company make this a satisfying and moving production. (read mo…
The Thursday-night performance of the  “The Color Purple,” recently opened at the Mercury Theater, has been cancelled. The official word from theater owner L. Walter Stearns i…
Perhaps you heard the cheers, sobs and stamping feet coming from Southport street? Well, that was the sound of the opening night audience at Mercury Theater’s The Color Purple, a seari…
Broadway's Trisha Jeffrey (Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, All Shook Up) stars as Celie in The Color Purple at Chicago's Mercury Theater. Adapted from the 1983 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by …
HEDY WEISS: With its intimate yet grand-scale production of "The Color Purple," the Mercury Theater has not only hit its stride as a presenter of first-rate professional musical theater in C…
With its intimate yet grand-scale production of "The Color Purple," the Mercury Theater has not only hit its stride as a presenter of first-rate professional musical theater in Chicago, but …
It always struck me as curious that the tag line for the stage version of The Color Purple is "the musical about love".  I'm not quite sure what marketing genius came up with this, as…
Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N Southport Ave., presents the Broadway musical THE COLOR PURPLE, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, opening Monday, August 26 at 730p.m…
THE COLOR PURPLE - In Miss Celies Pants - Mercury Theater Chicago
Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N Southport Ave., presents the Broadway musical THE COLOR PURPLE, based on the Pulitzer Prize…
THE COLOR PURPLE - Push Da Button - Mercury Theater Chicago
Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N Southport Ave., presents the Broadway musical THE COLOR PURPLE, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winni…
