Cynthia Erivo

3 days ago - Erivo starred in the European premiere ... Factory production of The Color Purple, reprising her role as Celie Harris alongside American actresses Jennifer Hudson as Shug Avery and Danielle Brooks as Sofia....

December 14, 2021 - The revival earned four Tony Award nominations, winning two: Best Revival of a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical for Erivo’s performance as Celie. Adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning best seller and Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated film, The Color Purple follows the inspirational Celie as she journeys from childhood through joy and despair, anguish and hope, to discover the power of love and life. ... Antoine L. Smith, Patrice Covington, Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo, Isaiah Johnson, Kyle Scatliffe and Danielle Brooks

December 22, 2015 - Cynthia Erivo, center left, and Jennifer Hudson in "The Color Purple."Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times · “I didn’t know her at all, but I remember thinking, ‘This girl can really deliver,’” said Mr. Doyle, who cast Ms.

February 19, 2016 - Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo · The Color Purple (2015 Broadway Cast Recording) · Song · 2016

October 28, 2025 - A first international production, ... run ended on September 14, 2013. The cast included Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Nicola Hughes (Shug) and Christopher Colquhoun (Mister/Albert)....

November 23, 2024 - Cynthia was nominated twice at the 2020 Oscars, for her performance as Harriet Tubman in Harriet and for the film's song "Stand Up" — but she didn't win for Best Actress or Best Original Song.

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.

December 16, 2021 - Adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller and Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated film, The Color Purple follows the inspirational Celie as she journeys from childhood through joy and despair, anguish and hope, to discover the power of love and life. ... Antoine L. Smith, Patrice Covington, Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo, Isaiah Johnson, Kyle Scatliffe and Danielle Brooks

January 5, 2022 - Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer ... Brooks as Sofia. The principal cast also features Isaiah Johnson as Mister, Joaquina Kalukango as Nettie and Kyle Scatliffe as Harpo....

THE COLOR PURPLE, 2016 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical Revival, played its final performance January 8, 2017.

Cynthia Erivo Acknowledges Tensions With ‘The Color Purple’ Movie Team: ‘That’s a Long, Complicated Conversation’ · 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.

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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November 21, 2024 - Cynthia Erivo acknowledges tensions with "The Color Purple" movie team who cast Fantasia Barrino: "That's a long, complicated conversation"

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.

Cynthia won Best Leading Actress in a Musical at the Tony Awards, Best Musical Theater Album at the Grammy Awards, and Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program at the Daytime Emmy Awards for performing a number from the show on NBC’s Today. Fantasia Barrino, who played Celie as a replacement in the original Broadway production of The Color Purple, starred in the recent movie instead.

December 11, 2015 - A stripped-back Broadway revival of The Color Purple earns rave reviews for British leading lady Cynthia Erivo.

March 26, 2020 - Jennifer Hudson as Shug in The Color Purple, with Cynthia Erivo as Celie in the background.

February 23, 2020 - yep, the same one Cynthia did for ... category) for the same role: his costar Rachel Bay Jones and 3 of the stars of The Band's Visit; Katrina Lenk, Ariel Sta'chel and Tony Shalhoub. sadly Rachel Bay was not cast in the DEH film ...