Allee Willis

The touring production will feature many of the same behind-the-scenes people, including director Gary Griffin. Read More

Born into poverty in turn-of-the-century rural Georgia, she's impregnated twice by her father by age 14, separated from her babies and beloved sister, and sold into marriage with the abusive Mister (Rufus Bonds Jr) for the price of a cow. Read More

Oprah Winfrey , Scott Sanders and the producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, are proud to announce that Austin will host the first North American Touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE for eight performances, January 12-17. Read More

Kenita R. Miller is not your typical Broadway musical ingenue. Read More

Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and the producing team of the Broadway smash hit "The Color Purple, The Musical about Love," announce that Clearwater will host the exclusive Tampa Bay area premiere of the North American Touring production of "The Color Purple" for eight performances, Nov. 24–29. Read More

Born into poverty in turn-of-the-century rural Georgia, she's impregnated twice by her father by age 14, separated from her babies and beloved sister, and sold into marriage with the abusive Mister (Rufus Bonds Jr) for the price of a cow. Read More

Nominated for eleven Tony Awards ® , including Best Musical, THE COLOR PURPLE opened on December 1, 2005 at the Broadway Theatre where it ran for more than two record-breaking years. Read More

Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and the producing team of the Broadway smash hit The Color Purple, The Musical about Love, are proud to announce that Orlando will host The Color Purple for eight performances, November 3rd through 8th, 2009. Read More

It was never Kenita Miller's intention to be in musicals. Read More

27 years, to be exact -- making the journey from the pages of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to the stage of Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Its fleeting run will end on Sunday, but as the cheering crowd affirmed at Tuesday's opening, the musical treatment of one woman's harrowing story is abundantly worth the wait. Read More