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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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.com

 

Opening Night Cast

LaChanze in The Color Purple LaChanze Celie
Felicia P. Fields in The Color Purple Felicia P. Fields Sofia
Kingsley Leggs in The Color Purple Kingsley Leggs Mister
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes in The Color Purple Elisabeth Withers-Mendes Shug Avery
Brandon Victor Dixon in The Color Purple Brandon Victor Dixon Harpo
Reneé Elise Goldsberry in The Color Purple Reneé Elise Goldsberry Nettie
Krisha Marcano in The Color Purple Krisha Marcano Squeak
Kimberly Ann Harris in The Color Purple Kimberly Ann Harris Church Lady/Doris
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Opening Night Production Credits

Marsha Norman Marsha Norman Book
  Brenda Russell Music
  Brenda Russell Lyrics
  Allee Willis Music
  Allee Willis Lyrics
  Stephen Bray Music
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Inside the Playbill (18)

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The Color Purple - Opening Night
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Galleries (1)

Production Photos

  • The Color Purple Production Photos
 
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Shows That Opened That Season: 2005 - 2006

 
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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 Elisabeth Withers-Mendes Nominee
2006 Featured Actress in a Musical Felicia P. Fields Nominee
2006 Lighting Design of a Musical Brian MacDevitt Nominee
2006 Musical   Nominee
2006 Original Score Brenda Russell
Allee Willis
Stephen Bray 		Nominee
2006 Scenic Design of a Musical John Lee Beatty Nominee

Grosses

Week Ending Week # This Week Gross
Potential Gross		 Diff $ Avg Ticket
Top Ticket		 Seats Sold
Seats in Theatre		 Perfs
(Prev)		 % Cap
This Week 		Diff %
Cap
Feb. 24, 2008 39 $815,612
$1,150,989		 $80,301 $63.74
$251.25		 12796
1718		 8
0		 93.10% 8.32%
Feb. 17, 2008 38 $735,311
$1,150,989		 $291,696 $63.11
$251.25		 11652
1718		 8
0		 84.78% 28.06%
Feb. 10, 2008 37 $443,615
$1,150,989		 $36,193 $56.90
$251.25		 7796
1718		 8
0		 56.72% 3.30%
Feb. 3, 2008 36 $407,422
$1,150,989		 - $55.49
$251.25		 7342
1718		 8
0		 53.42% -
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Totals
Last 4 Weeks
   $2,401,960
$4,603,956		   $59.81 39586
54976		 32
0		 72.01 %  
Cumulative
   $103,992,566
$139,396,042		   $73.84
$251.25		 1369564
1615089		 910
30		 84.80 %  
 
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