The Color Purple
Musical - Original
Broadway Theatre
- First Preview: November 1, 2005
- Opening Date: December 1, 2005
- Closing Date: February 24, 2008
- Previews: 30
- Performances: 910
Lyrics: Allee Willis, Brenda Russell, Stephen Bray
Music: Allee Willis, Brenda Russell, Stephen Bray
Book: Marsha Norman
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Inside the Playbill (18)
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Theatre Marquee (1)
Synopsis
From Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller and Stephen Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated film comes a stage musical that spans four decades and three continents, chronicling the feminist evolution of a battered African-American woman given to writing letters to God and her long-lost missionary sister.
Official
Website:
colorpurple.comOpening Night Cast
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LaChanze Celie 
Felicia P. Fields Sofia 
Kingsley Leggs Mister 
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes Shug Avery 
Brandon Victor Dixon Harpo 
Reneé Elise Goldsberry Nettie 
Krisha Marcano Squeak 
Kimberly Ann Harris Church Lady/Doris See MoreOpening Night Production Credits
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Marsha Norman Book Brenda Russell Music Brenda Russell Lyrics Allee Willis Music Allee Willis Lyrics Stephen Bray Music Awards
Clarence Derwent Award
Year Category Name Winner/Nominee 2006 Most Promising Female Performer Felicia P. Fields Winner
Drama League
Year Category Name Winner/Nominee 2006 Distinguished Production of a Musical Nominee
Outer Critics Circle
Year Category Name Winner/Nominee 2006 Outstanding Actress in a Musical LaChanze Nominee 2006 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Elisabeth Withers-Mendes Nominee 2006 Outstanding New Broadway Musical Nominee 2006 Outstanding New Score Nominee 2006 Outstanding Set Design John Lee Beatty Nominee
Theatre World
Year Category Name Winner/Nominee 2007 Theatre World Award Fantasia Barrino Winner 2006 Theatre World Award Elisabeth Withers-Mendes Winner 2006 Theatre World Award Felicia P. Fields Winner
Tony Award
Year Category Name Winner/Nominee 2006 Actress in a Musical LaChanze Winner 2006 Book of a Musical Marsha Norman Nominee 2006 Choreography Donald Byrd Nominee 2006 Costume Design of a Musical Paul Tazewell Nominee 2006 Featured Actor in a Musical Brandon Victor Dixon Nominee 2006 Featured Actress in a Musical Felicia P. Fields Nominee 2006 Featured Actress in a Musical Elisabeth Withers-Mendes Nominee 2006 Lighting Design of a Musical Brian MacDevitt Nominee 2006 Musical Nominee 2006 Original Score Brenda Russell
Allee Willis
Stephen BrayNominee 2006 Scenic Design of a Musical John Lee Beatty Nominee Grosses
Week Ending Week # This Week Gross
Potential GrossDiff $ Avg Ticket
Top TicketSeats Sold
Seats in TheatrePerfs
(Prev)% Cap
This WeekDiff %
CapFeb. 24, 2008 39 $815,612
$1,150,989$80,301 $63.74
$251.2512796
17188
093.10% 8.32% Feb. 17, 2008 38 $735,311
$1,150,989$291,696 $63.11
$251.2511652
17188
084.78% 28.06% Feb. 10, 2008 37 $443,615
$1,150,989$36,193 $56.90
$251.257796
17188
056.72% 3.30% Feb. 3, 2008 36 $407,422
$1,150,989- $55.49
$251.257342
17188
053.42% - See All Grosses Totals
Last 4 Weeks $2,401,960
$4,603,956$59.81 39586
5497632
072.01 % Cumulative $103,992,566
$139,396,042$73.84
$251.251369564
1615089910
3084.80 %
PLAYBILL.COM NEWS RELATED TO
The Color Purple
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Celie's Journey Ends: Color Purple Plays Final Broadway Performance (24 Feb 2008)
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Color Green Takes Place of Color Purple: Shrek Will Stomp Into Broadway Theatre (11 Feb 2008)
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Shug Avery's Leavin' Town: Withers-Mendes Exits Color Purple Jan. 31 (31 Jan 2008)
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Withers-Mendes Will Not Return to Color Purple; Exits Jan. 31 (30 Jan 2008)
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Withers-Mendes Exits Color Purple Jan. 31; Will Return for Final Performances (29 Jan 2008)
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Broadway's The Color Purple Will Close Feb. 24 (24 Jan 2008)
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Khan, Love and Winans Make Broadway Debuts in The Color Purple Jan. 9 (09 Jan 2008)
- Casting Search for Wicked, Rent, Legally Blonde and More at Next Entertainment Industry Expo (07 Jan 2008)
