Regardless of the critics, I still found the play to be amazing. Yes, they squeezed in too many details into the 2.75 hour play, yes...the emotional connection to the audience on Celie and Nettie's plight wasn't quite successful, sort of short-lived, but the singing, the staging, and the acting were all award-winning in my opinion. I do wish they could tweak it so that the emotional connection would be more lasting. BTW...the opening night performance was amazing especially with Oprah in the house :)
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley