The Color Purple (Broadway revival)

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The Color Purple (Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical revival of the stage adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel, noted for its powerful gospel-, blues-, and soul-infused score and acclaimed performances.

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instanceOf Broadway musical revival
Broadway production
stage musical
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
basedOn The Color Purple (novel)
basedOnWorkBy Alice Walker
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
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genre drama
musical theatre
hasAudience theatre audiences
hasCharacter Celie Johnson
surface form: Celie

Mister
Nettie
Shug Avery
Sofia
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surface form: The Color Purple (2015 Broadway production)
hasSetting Southern United States
surface form: American South

Georgia
hasSubject domestic abuse
love and friendship
self-discovery
hasTypeOfMusic songs
locatedIn Broadway
New York
New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
location Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
medium live theatre
musicalStyle blues
gospel
soul
narrativeTheme African-American women’s experiences in the early 20th-century American South
family
racism
sexism
spiritual resilience
notableFor acclaimed performances
powerful gospel-, blues-, and soul-infused score
openingDate 2015
originalLanguage English
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partOfFranchise The Color Purple (novel)
surface form: The Color Purple
productionType musical revival
timePeriod early 20th century

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Fantasia Barrino notableWork The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
Danielle Brooks notableWork The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
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The Color Purple (2023 film) basedOn The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
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Michelle Williams notableWork The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
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Renée Elise Goldsberry performedIn The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
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Paul Tazewell notableWork The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
Cynthia Erivo notableWork The Color Purple (Broadway revival)