Official "Color Purple" Revival Thread.
Official "Color Purple" Revival Thread.
Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
#2The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 2:06pm
This is a little more helpful.
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#3The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 2:09pm
I love it!
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
#4The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 2:12pm
Thank you Clyde. I couldn't get that pic to upload
BwayinVan
Broadway Star Joined: 1/24/14
#5The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 2:13pm
Does anyone know, is this an open run? I'm heading to the city in April and am planning on seeing 7 shows and this is currently on my list.
#6The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 2:27pm
I believe it is an open-run, but I have been wondering how long some of the stars will stay. I would obviously expect Cynthia to stay until at least Tony time (if it is still around then), but I would think Danielle needs to leave pretty early to shoot the next season of Orange Is The New Black. And anything greater than 6 months seems like a huge commitment for someone of J. Hud's caliber.
#7The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 2:33pm
Danielle Brooks should actually be able to stay with the production for awhile. OITNB has already begun production on season 4 (or will begin very shortly). She has said that they are going to work around her show schedule to film.
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#8The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 2:35pm
OITNB shoots in NYC/Astoria, Rockland County, so its not like she has to be on the West Coast. I am sure they are going to work with her schedule on this. I love the look for this marquee.
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Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
#9The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 2:36pm
I'm pretry sure everyone will stay until the TONYS. Opening of the show and the TONYS aren't that far apart. 6 months isn't that long of a time. Danielle is already shooting season 4 now.
#10The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 2:46pm
Holy crap, they start shooting OITNB in the summer and we still have to wait a full year for the new episodes???
In any case, I am glad this is being revived. I have been wanting to hear the score out loud again. I went to see the tour with Jennifer Holliday earlier this year, and that was not a good experience.
Updated On: 7/29/15 at 02:46 PM
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#12The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 3:30pm
I love the title treatment!
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Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
#13The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 7:31pm
Oprah is still a producer. But they are actually treating this a new production although it's a revival. So I understand why it doesn't say "Oprah Presents".
#14The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 7:55pm
Danielle Brooks will be wrapped on the new season of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK before THE COLOR PURPLE even starts previews. She only has to do double duty during rehearsals.
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.
#15The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 8:51pm
At first glance, I thought the words "the musical" were an exclamation point and got really unnerved for a sec.
Anyway, I didn't know John Doyle was directing this. He's a very hot-and-cold kind of guy when it comes to public opinion, isn't he? Especially for his Sondheim revivals and The Visit, I think.
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MusicAndPassion
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/05
#16The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 9:13pm
I walked by this afternoon and it looks gorgeous in person. Can't wait to see what they do with the marquee space/wall space on the walls of the theatre!
#17The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 10:39pm
This really was a stunning production, bare stage, some chairs and not much else.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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#18The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 11:30pm
I feel like I'm more excited for this production than a white boy should be.
#19The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 11:36pm
"Holy crap, they start shooting OITNB in the summer and we still have to wait a full year for the new episodes???"
Most television shows begin filming in August, so it makes sense that it would take until March to finish filming and editing an entire season.
I didn't know until this thread Danielle Brooks was playing the Oprah character, that makes me so excited!
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#21The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 8/24/15 at 12:09pm
I can tell you this video just made me by tickets. Very excited for this production.
http://www.people.com/article/jennifer-hudson-color-purple-broadway-debut?xid=rss-topheadlines
Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
#23The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 8/24/15 at 12:28pm
Can you make a seperate thread with that video link??? I would love to hear thoughts!!
#24The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 8/24/15 at 12:49pm
I was excited before, but after watching that video, I am now beyond excited.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#25The Color Purple Marquee is up.
Posted: 8/24/15 at 1:05pm
CATSNYrevival said: "I feel like I'm more excited for this production than a white boy should be.
It's okay us Latinos sometimes get excited about all-white productions. It happens.
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