The Color Purple (Broadway revival)

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Broadway musical revival Broadway production stage musical

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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Predicate	Object
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 →
follows	The Color Purple (original Broadway production) →
genre	drama → musical theatre →
hasAudience	theatre audiences →
hasCharacter	Celie → Mister → Nettie → Shug Avery → Sofia →
hasProduction	The Color Purple (2015 Broadway production) →
hasSetting	American South → Georgia →
hasSubject	domestic abuse → love and friendship → self-discovery →
hasTypeOfMusic	songs →
locatedIn	Broadway → New York → New York City → 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 →
partOf	The Color Purple (Broadway revival) →
partOfFranchise	The Color Purple →
productionType	musical revival →
timePeriod	early 20th century →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fantasia Barrino → Jennifer Hudson →	notableWork
Celie Johnson ("The Color Purple (musical)") →	adaptedIn
The Color Purple (Broadway revival) ("The Color Purple (original Broadway production)") →	follows
The Color Purple (Broadway revival) ("The Color Purple (2015 Broadway production)") →	hasProduction
The Color Purple (2015 Broadway production) →	partOf
Celie Johnson ("The Color Purple (stage musical)") →	subjectOf