via FirstLadyB: Oprah and Quincy Jones are coming together again, to bring the Color Purple musical to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the duo are teaming back up with Steven Spielberg to make the movie musical happen. Both the movie and stage productions adapted the 1982 novel by Walker. The triumph-over-adversity story follows the […]
A very emotional cast of the hit Broadway musical “The Color Purple” spent their final moments on stage together singing a rendition of the gospel song, “Total Praise.” Sunday marked the final performance of the Broadway revival of “The Color Purple,” which tells the story of a resilient woman who triumphs over the oppressive men in […]
EEW Magazine Entertainment News The cast of Broadway’s The Color Purple has reason to celebrate today. The musical, as well as its star, Cynthia Erivo, received Tony nominations—revealed on NBC’S TODAY, where the cast performed the production’s title song. The Color Purple was nominated for “Best Revival of a Musical” and Erivo got a nod […]
When “The Color Purple” was released December 20, 1985, star Whoopi Goldberg had not yet broken through. The actress was known to some for a one-woman show that HBO filmed and aired that year as “Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway.” But she was far from a big name in Hollywood. All that changed after critics […]
Photo Credit: GMA On Tuesday, Nov. 24, The Color Purple’s Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo set the Good Morning America stage ablaze with a powerful performance of the title song. The show, currently in previews, officially debuts Dec. 10 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York. The musical score of the Oprah Winfrey–produced […]
*Broadway’s revival of “The Color Purple,” with Jennifer Hudson in the role of Shug Avery, is gearing up for its December open with a new tease of the actress singing the title song. A new Facebook video for the show features J-Hud with co-star Cynthia Erivo singing in the studio, intercut with footage from the production. […]
An Israeli website is reporting that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker has forbidden a new Hebrew translation of her book “The Color Purple,” stating that Israel is guilty of worse “apartheid” than the “US apartheid” in which she grew up. According to Israeli business website Globes, Walker informed Israeli publisher Yediot Books, an affiliate of […]
*Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1983 and still a widely taught and talked about novel, is finally coming out as an e-book, as are most of her other work. But not through a traditional publisher, according to the Associated Press. Open Road Integrated Media, the digital company co-founded two years […]
*Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1983 and still a widely taught and talked about novel, is finally coming out as an e-book, as are most of her other work. But not through a traditional publisher, according to the Associated Press. Open Road Integrated Media, the digital company co-founded two years […]
Nowhere has the depiction of black life been more diverse than in the world of cinema. Go to any video store, surf any video rental website and look at the wide selection of films in the African-American/Black films section. The variety is vast, so if you’re having trouble where to start, here are nine of […]
