If I have done my job … I would expect the audiences that see this show to shout, talk back, sing, dance, cry and be moved on ...

While the title song from the musical is the finale of the current film, the stage verison features a solo version of "The Color Purple" that Shug Avery sings to Celie after "African Homeland." ...

Hate on musicals all you like, there remains an artistic reason for this "The Color Purple" singing. The relationship between Celie and Shug Avery, the alluring chanteuse played by Taraji P.

Stagecrafters is bringing the heat of rural 1900s Georgia in its production of “The Color Purple” to the main stage of the ...

This musical adaptation is a profoundly moving experience - 4/5 Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P Henson and Danielle Brooks are ...

Still haven’t watched 'The Color Purple'? A masterpiece of soul, struggles, and triumphs awaits—what are you waiting for?

Taraji P. Henson has already let the world know that her pay for her role in “The Color Purple” was subpar for her when she ...

The central character, Celie, is played by Gabriella McKinley, whom I first saw in THE COLOR PURPLE at Buffalo State University where she played Shug Avery. At the time I was wowed, and I’ve b ...

Kaela Green as Celie and Terri Manning as Shug star in “The Color Purple,” running through Jan. 26 at the Baldwin Theatre in Royal Oak. (Photo courtesy of Grace Cage) Jerry Haines, who has ...