Based on Walker’s novel we follow Celie (Mariah Lyttle), a young black woman in a rural Georgia community in the early 1900’s. We follow her tragic journey going from the home of an abusive father to ...

The lowest of lows and the highest of highs are never far apart in “The Color Purple,” the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning 1982 novel and Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film. In this ...

Chicago loves Celie, Sofia and Shug Avery, and has embraced “The Color Purple,” the 2005 Broadway musical based on both the beloved Alice Walker novel of strife, resilience and triumph in rural ...

Aerie Williams as Shug Avery (L) and Brittney Mack as Celie in The Color Purple at the Goodman Theatre Credit: Brett Beiner Photography “If God ever listened to a poor colored woman, the world would ...

“The Color Purple” — a movie adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel directed by Stephen Spielberg and starring unknown movie actors Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery ...

The Goodman concludes its 99th season with the musical revival featuring a 29-member company of many Chicago musical theater all-stars Brittney Mack is tremendous in the lead role. I’m familiar with ...