It is an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that has set the stage for this awesome musical. Oprah Winfrey has made a contribution to a Broadway venture for the very first time with a contribution of over a million dollars in the overall 10 million dollars production cost.
The story of the play The Color Purple musical' has been narrated by a young Southern woman who has borne years of torture at the hands of her father he raped her and then later she has two kids and suffers for several years owing to her marriage to an abusive man. The story focuses on the testing times that Celie went through and her development from a homely young girl to a confident woman later in life.
Just the presence of Oprah Winfrey's was a great booster for the show. The Celebrity producers are very rare as far as the Broadway is concerned and what bigger name than Winfrey who is the most popular celebrity according to the recent lists released. The show had a lot of diversity which shows visible translation in regards to the ticket sales. Her attachment with the show gives the message that Broadway is a form of theater that everybody can embrace. The producer for this play has been associated with it for over eight long years and got a surprise call from Winfrey regarding her interest in investment in the show.
It debuted in Atlanta in the previous year and it was later revealed by Oprah that she had always dreamt of being associated with the Broadway in some way. Her investment has opened the doors to investments by many people who had never considered it worth investing in. It has been dealt in the same way as the books in the Oprah's Book Club have been dealt with. The movie of the same name earned Winfrey a nomination for an Oscar I 1985. Steven Spielberg was the director. The remaining cast featured Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover. It earned a total of eleven academy awards. The director for this Winfrey production is Gary Griffin who has several recent small-scale productions under his belt. It has been choreographed by Donald Byrd whereas apart from Winfrey the remaining producers are Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders and Roy Furman. LaChanze has been replaced by Fantasia in the character of Celie. She also gave a performance for the song I'm here' from the movie The Color Purple in a cameo at the occasion of the sixty first Annual Tony Awards.
Not only is it worth a watch as a musical the color purple play but the subject has been dealt with brutal honesty and all the actors have done a commendable job for bringing forward the emotions of all the characters. Quite recently, The Color Purple has been featured on Broadway and it has celebrated its millionth audience member. This unusually extraordinary show has been dealt in a spectacular way that is sure to prove to be another feather is Winfrey's cap similar to her popular talk show, her magazine and her book club. Theme of the color purple musical is very good.
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