Color Purple Touring Cast
Color Purple Touring Cast
LOVETHEPURPLE
Swing Joined: 12/27/06
#1Color Purple Touring Cast
Posted: 2/26/07 at 10:53pmI heard that Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child is Shug Avery on the tour... Is that true?
MAC
Swing Joined: 1/1/06
#2re: Color Purple Touring Cast
Posted: 2/26/07 at 11:04pmYes, Michelle will play Shug Avery in the Natl. Tour. They began rehersal today in Chicago.
jg4892
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/06
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#3Color Purple Touring Cast
Posted: 2/26/07 at 11:07pm
Felicia Fields, Janette Bayardelle, and LaToya Lodon are Sofia, Celie, and Nettie.
I think...
#5Color Purple Touring Cast
Posted: 2/26/07 at 11:25pm
While Michelle Williams is extremely talented (and was a better Aida than she got credit for,) I can't see her in the role of Shug at all. She comes off as very meek and mild to me, where as I see Shug as someone who defines sheer boldness and ferocity.
Hopefully it works out for the best. I'm deffinetly looking forward to seeing this company!
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#6Color Purple Touring Cast
Posted: 2/26/07 at 11:31pmOK NOW! it was cute and I was all for it at first but stunt casting is starting to piss me off! Oh well let me not get upset cause I don't have to by a ticket. This will just be interesting. I guess I can't get mad at Michelle she can actually sing, not too sure about her acting. But I can gurantee that she will have nothing on Elizabeth. that lady is the truth!
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