| Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer
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| | have never been or even thought of going
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| Prize-winning novel, the musical, 'The
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| | to a Broadway show would at least
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| Color Purple' is Winfrey's first Broadway
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| | consider it. The same way she has done
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| venture where she has contributed more
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| | for books via her Oprah's Book Club,
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| than $1 million of the musical's $10
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| | which celebrates the joy of reading.
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| million production cost. 'The Color
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| | Winfrey was nominated for an Oscar for
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| Purple musical' is told through the eyes
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| | her role in the 1985 film version of 'The
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| of Celie, a timid young Southern woman
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| | Color Purple,' directed by Steven
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| who is raped by her father, gives birth
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| | Spielberg. It starred Whoopi Goldberg as
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| to two children and suffers years of
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| | Celie, Oprah Winfrey as Sofia and Danny
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| cruelty married to an abusive man. During
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| | Glover as Albert and was nominated for 11
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| the trying times, Celie's character
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| | Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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| develops from a homely teenager with a
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| | Walker's book has been adapted by Marsha
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| bruised heart to a self-confident woman
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| | Norman, author of "'night, Mother," while
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| in her late 50s.
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| | the score is by Brenda Russell, Allee
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| The powerful presence of Oprah Winfrey's
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| | Willis and Stephen Bray. This Winfrey
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| name is great for the stage version of
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| | production is directed by Gary Griffin, a
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| 'The Color Purple'. Celebrity producers
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| | Chicago-based director best known for his
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| are rare on or off-Broadway and who can
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| | small-scale productions of musicals such
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| be bigger than Winfrey? With such a
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| | as 'My Fair Lady' and 'Pacific
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| diverse national audience, Oprah can give
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| | Overtures.' The choreographer is Donald
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| the show a visibility that will hopefully
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| | Byrd. Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders and Roy
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| translates into ticket sales. Her
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| | Furman are the other producers besides
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| attachment gives out the message that
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| | Winfrey. Replacing actress LaChanze,
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| Broadway is not an elitist art form but
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| | Fantasia has taken over the role of Celie
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| something everyone can embrace.
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| | in the musical. She even performed 'I'm
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| Associated with 'The Color Purple' for
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| | Here' from The Color Purple in a special
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| eight years, Producer Scott Sanders
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| | appearance at the 61st Annual Tony
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| received quite a jolt when he received
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| | Awards.
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| Winfrey's telephone call who wanted not
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| | It is not just a musical to see, it is to
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| only to help in marketing but to invest
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| | be felt as it is brutally honest and all
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| in the show, too.
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| | the actors do a commendable job to bring
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| Revised after receiving mixed reviews
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| | forward the emotions. Recently, The Color
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| when it opened in Atlanta last year, it
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| | Purple on Broadway celebrated their one
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| will be called "Oprah Winfrey Presents:
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| | millionth audience member. Hopefully this
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| 'The Color Purple play.'" As Winfrey told
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| | extra-ordinary show will become another
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| the Times it was 'a secret dream' of hers
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| | feather is Winfrey's cap just as her own
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| to be part of Broadway. She wants to open
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| | media including her popular syndicated TV
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| the door to the possibilities for this
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| | talk show as well as her magazine O and
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| production so that a world of people who
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| | Oprah's Book Club.
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