The Tony-winning musical "The Color Purple" will open at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton this Saturday. The musical is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker, who ...

The new musical adaptation of Alice Walker's book explores the romance between Shug and Celie, unlike Steven Spielberg's original 1985 film, which only featured a chaste kiss between the characters.

An American novel classic has made its way its hometown stage. For the first time since the book was released in 1982 and its film adaptation in 1985, “The Color Purple” premiered as a musical ...

Fantasia Barrino in 'The Color Purple' Courtesy of Warner Bros. Alice Walker started the phenomenon with her Pulitzer-winning 1982 book, and three years later Steven Spielberg turned it into a movie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker joins "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King to discuss her new book "Gathering Blossoms ...

The film adaptation of the Broadway musical — starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo and Fantasia Barrino — is now available to watch at home. By Rudie Obias If you purchase an ...

(JTA) – The bright, colorful movie musical “The Color Purple,” which opens in theaters on Christmas, tells a story that has by now become a familiar part of the American canon — of a young Black woman ...

Maybe it was required reading in high school, perhaps you watched the Steven Speilberg-directed film in theaters or it's possible you became smitten with the story when you saw it as a Broadway ...

correctionAn earlier version of this review incorrectly said that Fantasia Barrino originated the role of Celie in the Broadway production of "The Color Purple." LaChanze originated the role on ...

Inside a clear case on Level 3 of Emory University’s Woodruff Library, is a dark green spiral notebook, its innards crammed with small, flowing handwriting. The thoughts on those pages birthed a ...