The Color Purple

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Jeremy Daniel

Cast members of the touring production of "The Color Purple."

Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple was transformed into a Broadway musical that celebrates a young black woman’s journey to self-discovery. This Tony-award winning adaptation was created by Marsha Norman with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.

press release: TROIKA Entertainment announced the 2019-20 North American tour of the Tony Award®-winning Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE. The tour will visit more than 30 cities, including Madison, Wis. at Overture Center for the Arts from Tuesday, Feb. 18 through Sunday, Feb. 23 in Overture Hall.

With a soul-raising Grammy®-winning score of jazz, gospel, ragtime and blues, THE COLOR PURPLE gives an exhilarating new spirit to this Pulitzer Prize-winning story. Don’t miss this stunning re-imagining of an epic story about a young woman’s journey to love and triumph in the American South. Experience the exhilarating power of this Tony-winning triumph that New York Magazine calls “one of the greatest revivals ever.”

Based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and the Warner Bros. / Amblin Entertainment motion picture, THE COLOR PURPLE is adapted for the stage by Tony- and Pulitzer-winner Marsha Norman with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.

The revival of THE COLOR PURPLE opened to great acclaim in summer 2013 at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory, followed by a Broadway bow on November 10, 2015 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. THE COLOR PURPLE went on to win two 2016 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical, two Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, the 2017 Grammy Award^® for Best Musical Theater Album and a Daytime Emmy^®. THE COLOR PURPLE played 483 performances on Broadway, closing on January 8, 2017.

RELATED EVENTS:

Meet the Artist | Thursday, Feb. 20, 6 p.m. Also, stay after the show for a brief, informal Q&A session in the theater with the artists.

The Color Purple: The Novel, The Movie, The Musical – A talk by Sandra Adell | Saturday, Feb. 22, 6 p.m.

In this presentation, Professor Adell will discuss how Alice Walker’s 1982 novel helped to bring national attention to African American women writers and the controversies that continue to plague it regarding subjects that have caused it to be banned in numerous libraries throughout the country.