Revisited "Color Purple" Last Night....

.... loved it even more, and all I can say is..... PLEASE let LaChanze win the Tony !!! PLEASE !!!!!

Time for "Sweeney" tonight !!!

Totally agree, and dont think was just an off night... IMHO, Mr. Leggs is the only weak link in a great cast.

LaChanze's "I'm Here" is in itself, a reason to go see the show !! Gives me the same chills that Tonya Pinkins used to give me singing "Lot's Wife" !!

Kidman,

Just my opinion, but if you can compare this score to "Brooklyn's", I think you need to listen to it a few more times. As far as a better role for LaChanze... dont know if you are gonna find one. She is truly incredible as Celie.

Unless they rewrite the whole show, Sutton will be nominated for Best Featured Actress.

I very much enjoy the OBCR. It is actually a bit more Lush than the actual live performance. Which is fine. I don't understand what more a person would want from the score. And it does the one thing a score should do, help move the plot along.

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"I don't understand what more a person would want from the score. And it does the one thing a score should do, help move the plot along."

I could put the novel to a single note and that would move the plot along, it doen't mean it would have any musicality or lyricism. "Get ready for the big dog" sounds like a rejected song from Starlight Express. "I'm Here" doesn't nearly reach the 11 o'clock number heights it aspires for. My favorite melody in the show occurs in on of Celie's first little monologues and lasts about 45 seconds.
I'm normally a pretty open-minded person that tries to find the good in things and there are very few shows that I go to and get nothing out of, and this was one of them.

And the beauty of these boards is that we are all entitled to our opinions!

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I want LaChanze to collect her Tony and I pray she can. Otherwise, I'd love for the stretch of Maria to win.
When seeing a show, unless they flare out at me, I personally don't go searching for flaws, just sit and enjoy the show only getting critical later on. However, I just think this is as good as it could have gotten in terms of the writing and I think its a great show. I wouldn't mind if it won best musical

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Just a note about the score...IMO, there has not been an all black show on the Boards for a while with this type of storyline. I think the music captures exactly the feeling they wanted it to. It very much reminded me of "Purlie" as I was watching it. Please don't take offense, but I think they captured the R&B feeling, southern and Gospel feeling all the way down to some of the lyrics and phrasing that was needed and maybe some people just don't like or are not used to hearing this music in, or even maybe out, of the theatre. I am very familiar with past works of the composers (I grew up on their music) and it was wonderful to hear their influence throughout but also hear how they were able to turn it into a wonderful score for a Broadway musical without making it sound too commercial. JMO!

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Updated On: 3/2/06 at 04:32 PM

A bit of a side note. . .does the box office open at 12 on Sundays? I want to try to get rusk tickets this Sunday, would getting there at 11 be good?

I could hear LaChanze just fine.

And, yeah...there is a distinction between them.

Besdides, LaChanze and Felicia aren't even in the same category.

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Good news.

If people keep buying it!

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this show is a trainwreck.

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