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Celebrate Cynthia Erivo With a Look Back at Her Broadway Debut in The Color Purple | Playbill
December 14, 2021 - Following performances in London, Cynthia Erivo made her Broadway debut in the 2015 revival of The Color Purple. Directed by John Doyle, the production opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre December 10, playing 33 previews and 450 performances ...

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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 … Wikipedia
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Lyrics Brenda Russell
Allee Willis
Stephen Bray
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Lyrics Brenda Russell
Allee Willis
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Wikipedia
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The Color Purple (musical) - Wikipedia
October 28, 2025 - The cast included Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Nicola Hughes (Shug) and Christopher Colquhoun (Mister/Albert). On January 9, 2015, producers Scott Sanders, Roy Furman, and Oprah Winfrey announced that the Menier Chocolate Factory production would be mounted on Broadway.
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Wikipedia
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Cynthia Erivo - Wikipedia
5 days ago - Erivo made her West End debut in the stage musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (2011), and her Broadway debut as Celie in the musical revival of The Color Purple (2015–2017).
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Spotify
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The Color Purple (feat. Cynthia Erivo) - song and lyrics by Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo | Spotify
February 19, 2016 - Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo · The Color Purple (2015 Broadway Cast Recording) · Song · 2016
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YouTube
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The Color Purple - YouTube
THE COLOR PURPLE, 2016 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical Revival, played its final performance January 8, 2017.
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TheWrap
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Cynthia Erivo Acknowledges Tensions With 'The Color Purple' Movie Team: 'That's a Long, Complicated Conversation'
November 21, 2024 - When Warner Bros.’ 2023 movie adaptation of the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” began casting and production, many fans of the 2015 revival — and its Tony-winning lead actress, Cynthia Erivo — were surprised that its star would not reprise the role that made her famous for the big screen.
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Reddit
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r/BootlegGifts on Reddit: Color purple with Cynthia erivo
June 7, 2024 -

This girl is SOOOOOO good. Watching the musical film got me interested in the stage musical.

Edit: I don't know if I can give this out anymore. I just got off a week long ban for sending it too much.

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Playbill
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Look Back at Tony Winner Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Hudson, and Danielle Brooks in the Broadway Revival of The Color Purple | Playbill
December 16, 2021 - Directed by John Doyle, the production played 33 previews and 450 performances before closing January 8, 2017. The revival earned four Tony Award nominations, winning two including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical for Cynthia ...
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Spotify
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The Color Purple (Reprise) - Cynthia Erivo
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The Guardian
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The Color Purple review – Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo star in stripped-down musical | Theatre | The Guardian
March 26, 2020 - At one point the nightclub singer Shug (Jennifer Hudson, making her Broadway debut) steps onstage in a periwinkle suit, but that’s the closest the production comes to flamboyance. A restrained expansion of the production Doyle debuted at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London in 2013; this version is streamlined and stripped down. Doyle’s strategy allows the fine performances, particularly Cynthia Erivo as the downtrodden Celie, to brighten it up. Move over Whoopi! How Cynthia Erivo made The Color Purple her own
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On The Stage
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Redefining Roles for Black Women in Theatre | On The Stage
May 9, 2024 - Then, in 2015, a revival of “The Color Purple” opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The production was directed by John Doyle and starred Cynthia Erivo as Celie, alongside Jennifer Hudson and Danielle Brooks.
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NYTimes
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The Actress Cynthia Erivo Rises With ‘The Color Purple’ - The New York Times
December 22, 2015 - Ms. Erivo, a 28-year-old British actress, is the talk of Broadway as critics rave about her performance as Celie in a revival of “The Color Purple.”
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TIME
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Bringing The Color Purple's 'I'm Here' to Screen | TIME
December 25, 2023 - Cynthia Erivo as Celie in The Color Purple at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York, Nov. 7, 2015; Fantasia Barrino as Celie in Warner Bros. Entertainment's The Color Purple; LaChanze, center, in The Color Purple at the Broadway Theater in New York in Oct.
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Amazon
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Cynthia Erivo, Danielle Brooks, Jennifer Hudson - The Color Purple (New Broadway Cast Recording) - Amazon.com Music
Directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle, the cast is led by Grammy, Academy Award and Golden Globe award winner Jennifer Hudson; Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner (and Oscar nominee) Cynthia Erivo; and Orange is the New Black's Danielle Brooks.
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Playbill
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Watch: Cynthia Erivo Remembers How The Color Purple Marked a New Phase of Her Life | Playbill
July 9, 2024 - Erivo's performance as Celie in the 2015 Broadway revival of The Color Purple would earn her a 2016 Tony Award—the rare win that year that didn't go to Hamilton—and near instant superstardom.
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People
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Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson Sing 'Color Purple' Duet for First Time Since Costarring in 2015 Broadway Hit
November 27, 2024 - Watch Cynthia Erivo Get Elphaba Makeup Done in Dramatic Timelapse Video: 'More Than Just a Green Girl' (Exclusive) Erivo, 37, played Celie in the musical adaptation of The Color Purple, alongside Hudson's Shug Avery.
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YouTube
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70th Annual Tony Awards The Color Purple 2016 Cynthia Erivo Danielle Brookes Heather Headley - YouTube
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Broadway.com
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BBC
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The Color Purple: Cynthia Erivo wows critics in Broadway debut - BBC News
December 11, 2015 - A stripped-back Broadway revival of The Color Purple has earned rave reviews for British leading lady Cynthia Erivo.