Color Purple Revival?

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 12:45pm

Broadway.com said Oprah and producers planned to bring the scaled down Menier production to Broadway, as well as the West End and Africa. Thoughts?


http://www.broadway.com/buzz/171237/will-oprah-winfrey-bring-john-doyles-revamped-revival-of-the-color-purple-to-broadway/

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 12:58pm

If there's a God, this awful show would never be performed again anywhere.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 1:43pm

I enjoyed it, but I don't need to see it again.

[rougeduck]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 1:43pm

I'd be down.

[Mark-o]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 4:09pm

Oprah needs a vicious face-slapping. Period.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 4:26pm

With 30 minutes of material gone, I might be interested. I'll miss the Overture though. The pictures of the set look pretty similar to Diane Paulus' Porgy and Bess though.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 4:55pm

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1063571&dt=20

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 5:15pm

The production looks VERY boring, but maybe it could come in for a limited holiday run type thing.

[RW3]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 5:57pm

Sierra Boggess is probably the most excited person about this.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 6:14pm

Is Sierra just a very light skinned black woman?

[RW3]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 6:17pm

^No, but on Show People with Paul Wontorek she was talking about how she is obsessed with the musical and how her and her sister saw the show 4 times. She also named her cats after Celie and Nettie.

[rafiki2011]

Posted: 8/19/13 at 9:22pm

I loved The Color Purple during its Broadway run, but it is way too early for a revival. Oprah needs to bow out of that one. I will say though, after looking up some footage from this London company, Cynthia who portrays Celie has a magnificent voice. Her version of "The Color Purple (reprise)" was one of the best I've heard