Outstanding Actress in a Musical: La Chanze was nominated but did not win. Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Elisabeth Withers-Mendes was nominated but did not win. 2006 Tony Awards Best ...

the actress said The Color Purple cast member Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor wanted ... said the new Color Purple movie musical "sanitized" the romance between Celie and Shug Avery, played by Fantasia ...

You probably remember that a film adaptation of The Color Purple — specifically, the smash Broadway musical that was based ... The star-studded cast included former American Idol winner Fantasia ...

In 1909 Celie a black American girl is given away in marriage by her abusive father to a local farmer Albert who treats her cruelly. Celie is God fearing and deliverance comes in the form of jazz ...

For the first time since the book was released in 1982 and its film adaptation in 1985, “ The Color Purple ” premiered as a musical production in Eatonton, the birthplace of acclaimed author Alice ...

This go-round, "The Color Purple" is experiencing one fresh kind of controversy and one familiar backlash, albeit amplified. One of the gripes is about the latest film being a musical. The ...

(JTA) – The bright, colorful movie musical “The Color Purple,” which opens in theaters ... it also features an all-star Black cast: in this case headlined by Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P.

THE BASICS: CROWNS, a musical by Regina Taylor ... I saw the production team and the cast list for CROWNS, and remembered how much I loved THE COLOR PURPLE and before that ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ...

Outstanding Actress in a Musical: La Chanze was nominated but did not win. Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Elisabeth Withers-Mendes was nominated but did not win. 2006 Tony Awards Best ...

This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 ...