BroadwayMusical2005
The Color Purple
- Dates
- Dec 1, 2005 â Feb 24, 2008
- Performances
- 910
About
The Color Purple is a musical with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, and book by Marsha Norman. Based on the 1982 novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker and its 1985 film adaptation, the musical follows the journey of Celie, an African American woman in the American South from the early to mid-20th century. The original Broadway production ran from 2005 to 2008, earning eleven Tony Award nominations in 2006. An enthusiastically acclaimed Broadway revival opened in late 2015 and ran through early 2017, winning two 2016 Tony Awardsâincluding Best Revival of a Musical. A film adaptation of the musical was released on December 25, 2023.