In the original 1985 film, Whoopi Goldberg played Celie. More than 30 years later, Fantasia Barrino takes on the dynamic character in a new musical adaptation. In 1985, Whoopi Goldberg introduced fans ...

Danielle Brooks, Fantasia Barrino, and Taraji P Henson as Sophia, Celie, and Shug Avery on the poster for The Color Purple Image via Warner Bros. Steven Spielberg's 1985 film The Color Purple drove ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whoopi Goldberg as Celie in "The Color Purple."Warner Brothers/Getty Images Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Alice Walker's ...

The Color Purple is an American masterpiece. “This story lives forever,” says Taraji P. Henson, quite emphatically. “It’s like Shakespeare. It’s never going to go away.” Henson, who plays Shug Avery ...

Zach Theater announced its 2026-27 season, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning play LIBERATION, PETER PAN GOES WRONG, THE ...

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"The Color Purple" is making its debut at the Star Center Theare. The play tells the story of Celie as she journeys through a life of sorrow, but also hope, love, faith, strength and forgiveness.

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 ...

Some stories just seem to stay with us. That's certainly the case for Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Her 1982 novel won a Pulitzer Prize and has since been the basis for a movie, then a Broadway ...

Chaka Khan claimed that Steven Spielberg once asked her to play Celie Johnson in the classic 1985 film Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He joined the brand in 2022.

A new version of "The Color Purple" hits theaters on Monday, December 25. The movie is based on the novel by Alice Walker and the musical stage play of the same name. Here's how the cast compares to ...