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 ...

“Bringing ‘The Color Purple’ to Eatonton was a process that involved significant community engagement and vision,” said musical director ... praised the Eatonton cast and crew for ...

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.

“When one of us is winning, we’re all winning,” Ferrera said at celebration of Black, Latino & AAPI achievements in film and TV In a dazzling celebration of diversity and talent, the Critics ...

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 ...