The actress said it felt like she was "carrying my cross and Celie’s cross" during the production, adding, "I didn’t know how ...

LaChanze, who won a Tony for playing Celie in "The Color Purple" on stage, tweeted that she wanted money for lyrics she ...

The central character, Celie, is played by Gabriella McKinley, whom I first saw in THE COLOR PURPLE at Buffalo State University where she played Shug Avery. At the time I was wowed, and I’ve b ...

Wicked star Cynthia Erivo skyrocketed to fame for her role as Celie in the Broadway production of The Color Purple. With her role as Elphaba in Jon M. Chu’s film adaptation of the musical Wicked ...

Warner Bros.' remake of the 1985 movie based on Alice Walker's novel is filled with flashy musical numbers and Oscar-worthy ...

It’s far from the first time Americans have heard the story of Celie, the protagonist of Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple.” Walker’s novel debuted in 1982 and received rave reviews ...

Even though Barrino didn’t receive an Academy Award nomination for her powerful portrayal of Celie in “The Color Purple” — an ...

Nearly 10 years after Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo co-starred in the Broadway production of The Color Purple, the powerhouse vocalists sang a soulful duet during a Wednesday episode of the ...

You probably remember that a film adaptation of The Color Purple — specifically ... who played the story's protagonist Celie Harris-Johnson. "EGOT'ing," in case you didn't know, is when someone ...