Three generations of Gastonia women will star in The Color Purple at Gastonia Little Theater. This is their story.

The first film adaptation of "The Color Purple" has achieved iconic status since its debut in December 1985. The Celie finger; Sofia, as portrayed by Oprah Winfrey, exclaiming the "You told Harpo ...

The Color Purple had a long road from Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to Academy Award-nominated movie adaptation to Tony Award-winning musical, and back to the big screen. To understand director ...

The 1985 Color Purple film featured a brief kiss between Celie and Shug, played then by Whoopi Goldberg and Margaret Avery. In the 2023 film, the characters kiss, wake up in bed together and share ...

The Color Purple: Jennifer Hudson, Danielle Brooks, and Cynthia Erivo roundtable The Color Purple: Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo star in exclusive music video By clicking “Accept All Cookies ...

In 1909 Celie a black American girl is given away in marriage by her abusive father to a local farmer Albert who treats her cruelly. Celie is God fearing and deliverance comes in the form of jazz ...

Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images Erivo's EGOT journey began in 2016 when she won a Tony for best leading actress in a musical for playing Celie in "The Color Purple" on Broadway. Erivo followed ...

Whether it’s Elphaba in “Wicked” or Celie in “The Color Purple,” the star doesn’t choose parts “frivolously”; she wants roles that stay with viewers. Standing 5-foot-1, Cynthia ...

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 ...