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The Color Purple on Broadway, Marsha Norman, Playwright

Opened on Broadway on December 1, 2005
at The Broadway Theatre

Book by Marsha Norman
Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray
Based upon the novel written by Alice Walker and
The Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment motion picture.


Presented by
Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders, Roy Furman, Quincy Jones,
Creative Battery, Anna Fantaci & Cheryl Lachowicz,
Independent Presenters Network, David Lowy,
Stephanie P. McClelland, Gary Winnick, Jan Kallish,
Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Bob & Harvey Weinstein,
Andrew Asnes & Adam Zotovich, Todd Johnson

 

The Color Purple, the play - Marsha Norman

Nominated for
2005 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

In faithfully adapting Ms. Walker's incident-crammed 1982 Pulitzer Prizewinner about Southern black women finding their inner warriors, the show's creators have fashioned a bright, shiny and muscular storytelling machine that is above all built for speed.
     -- Ben Brantley, The New York Times

 

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production photos by Paul Kolnik

 

Brenda Russell and Marsha Norman, Backstage at The Color Purple
Brenda Russell and
Marsha Norman Backstage

The Color Purple on Broadway - Marsha Norman, Playwright - Creative Team and Producers
The Creative Team and Producers

Back row:
Steven Bray, Lachanze, Quincy Jones,
Scott Sanders, Todd Johnson, Brenda Russsell
Seated:  Allee Willis, Donald Byrd, Gary Griffin,
Marsha Norman

For performance schedule and tickets, visit: www.colorpurple.com

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