Danielle Brooks is unpacking one of the most powerful scenes in “The Color Purple,” set at a Thanksgiving dinner table — and what helped her to get to that moment of “rebirth and renewal.” In the ...
With any musical, there’s also a challenge in how to blend music within dramatic, dialogue-heavy scenes. For “The Color Purple,” a reimagined take on the Alice Walker novel and quasi-adaptation of the ...
Warning: This post contains spoilers for "The Color Purple." Danielle Brooks is unpacking one of the most powerful scenes in “The Color Purple,” set at a Thanksgiving dinner table — and what helped ...
From the opening shot of Blitz Bazawule’s retelling of The Color Purple, audiences will know this is not their mother’s version of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel. Distinct from Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film ...
The Color Purple (2023) Film Review, a movie directed by Blitz Bazawule, written by Marcus Gardley, Alice Walker and Marsha Norman and starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, ...
Costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck and choreographer Fatima Robinson talk about their love for the 1985 film and making the story their own for a new musical version. When director Blitz ...
There’s a gorgeous scene late in the second act of The Color Purple, currently onstage at Nashville Repertory Theatre. Here, the set’s towering back wall slowly opens to reveal a warm, shimmering glow ...
The fantasy musical sequence was uncharted territory for production designer Paul Austerberry, who oversaw the practical build as the ultimate in magical realism. This served as Bazawule’s entry point ...
Warning: This post contains spoilers for "The Color Purple." Danielle Brooks is unpacking one of the most powerful scenes in “The Color Purple,” set at a Thanksgiving dinner table — and what helped ...