Newsweek

The Color Purple Helped Me Forgive My Abusive Father

Something profound happened to me when I saw The Color Purple. I went in very familiar with the material. I've read Alice Walker's book, watched the 1985 film, and seen the Broadway musical multiple ...
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'The Color Purple': Everything We Know so Far About the Musical Remake

Danielle Brooks, Fantasia Barrino, and Taraji P Henson as Sophia, Celie, and Shug Avery on the poster for The Color Purple Image via Warner Bros. Steven Spielberg's 1985 film The Color Purple drove ...
Decider

‘The Color Purple’ Comes to Digital, But When Will It Be on Max?

Discover What’s Streaming On: The Color Purple (2023) is now available to buy or rent online, less than four weeks after the movie opened in theaters on Christmas Day. The news may come as a surprise ...
Newsweek

I Grew Up Watching ‘The Color Purple.’ It’s Still Essential

Me, then a bookish young teen read Alice Walker's marvelous The Color Purple. In Celie's letters, I discover a Black girl's voice and subjectivity that resonates with an unspoken longing in my lonely, ...
The Hill

The color purple: It’s a new movie and an old hue that’s rich in meaning and history

NEW YORK (AP) — “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it,” Shug tells Celie in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” In nature, among the ...
BroadwayWorld

The Color Purple Revival

2016 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actress in a Musical Cynthia Erivo 2016 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Director of a Musical John Doyle 2016 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a ...