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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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

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