Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Color Purple

well there ya go! Color purple will start selling some sold out houses for a while now!! just dont be in the show Oprah! please dont!!

That's actually very smart on The Color Purple's part. Oprah's name is huge: any book that she mentions on her show jumps onto the bestseller's list, hopefully she'll plug CP!

Wow. I cant wait to see this show. It looks like it should be one of the better entries of the upcoming season.

I think it's a given that she she will devote at least one full show to TCP as she did with Beloved.

But I do wonder if having such a high profile backer might not make the critics more difficult to please.

"just dont be in the show Oprah! please dont!!"


OBVIOUSLY she's not going to be in the show, as Oprah can't sing - but why would you say something like that? Have you seen the film THE COLOR PURPLE? Oprah Winfrey is an amazing actress and she was robbed of an Oscar.

---

Smart move. Even if the show is a stinker it will proberly have a great run on the strength of the Oprah Brand Power.

So Oprah could *potentially* win a Tony now, following in Whoopi's footsteps.

This is fantastic for Broadway. :)

---

This means Oprah will be at the opening. And maybe I will finally get to meet her. I think I would pee myself - she's such an amazing woman.

---

Beware
i have a strange feeling that "Color Purple" will be a dog
and last 6 months
the movie was a dog
the book was great
and from what i have heard of the score.......tragic

---

I think you stand alone on this one...I thought the movie was amazing.

---

Yes, the movie was amazing. And Oprah is not a singer. Witness her opening to her show a few years back when she sang the opening song.

I partially agree that her name being attached may not sell the show out. She is already connected to TCP. I have a bit of a problem calling it Oprah Winfrey presents... She is only kicking in 1 million of the 10 million dollar budget. Quincy Jones has been one of the producers also. But I know, it's HER name they want.

The Times article said that she plans to feature the musical on her show. How nice. Yes, she has an interest in the show, but over the years she really hasn't shown much interest in Broadway. At least not on her show. I know she attends the theatre. So I have mixed feelings about this.

---

Great news for the show. I hope it has a long healthy run (but the score needs some beefing up from the tryout). Personally, I felt the film was robbed of every award for which it was nominated (especially Song and Score, are they completely deaf?) and has earned a place as an American classic film. It's a real shame Out of Africa won so many awards for being so horrendously dull, but then considering wins for The English Patient and A Beautiful Mind, it is not surprising.

---