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The Color Purple

4 productions 9 recordings 2004 – 2017

World Premiere (2004)

Opened Sep 17, 2004 · Alliance Theatre, Atlanta
Sep 14, 2004 Full Show Sound System
LaChanze (Celie), Adriene Lenox (Shug Avery), Saycon Sengblogh (Nettie), Felicia P. Fields (Sofia), Kingsley Leggs (Mister), Brandon Victor Dixon (Harpo), Tatiana McConnoco (Young Celie)
Color Purple, The (2004-09-14; World Premiere - Atlanta [Sound System]) [ID2947268]

Original Broadway Production (2005)

Opened Dec 1, 2005 · Broadway Theatre, New York
Mar 15, 2006 Full Show Audience
Kenitia R. Miller (u/s Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (Shug Avery), Darlesia Cearcy (Nettie), Felicia P. Fields (Sofia), Kingsley Leggs (Mister), Brandon Victor Dixon (Harpo)
Color Purple, The (2006-03-15; Broadway) [ID2947269]
Apr 10, 2007 Fantasia's First Full Show Audience
Fantasia (Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (Shug), Darlesia Cearcy (Nettie), Natasha Yvette Williams (Sofia), Chaz Lamar Shepard (Harpo), Alton Fitzgerald White (Mister), Deidra H. Brooks (u/s Jarene/Church Soloist), Daisy)
NoteFantasia's first performance
Color Purple, The (2007-04-10; Broadway - Fantasia's First) [ID2947270]
Dec 28, 2007 Incomplete Audience
Fantasia (Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (Shug Avery), Darlesia Cearcy (Nettie), Natasha Yvette Williams (Sofia), Chaz Lamar Shepherd (Harpo), Alton Fitzgerald White (Mister), Krisha Marcano (Squeak), LaKisha Jones (Church Soloist), Yolanda Wyns (Church Lady - Doris), Teresa Stanley (Church Lady - Darlene), LaVon Fischer-Wilson (u/s Church Lady - Jarene)
NoteEnds after "I'm Here".
Color Purple, The (2007-12-28; Broadway) [ID2947271]
Feb 6, 2008 Full Show Audience
Zonya Love (Celie), Angela Robinson (Shug Avery), Montego Glover (Nettie), LaKisha Jones (u/s Sofia), Alton Fitzgerald White (Mister), BeBe Winans (Harpo), Krisha Marcano (Squeak), Daisy)
Color Purple, The (2008-02-06; Broadway) [ID2947272]
Feb 24, 2008 Closing Full Show Audience
Zonya Love (Celie), Angela Robinson (Shug Avery), Montego Glover (Nettie), Chaka Kahn (Sofia), Alton Fitzgerald White (Mister), BeBe Winans (Harpo), Krisha Marcano (Squeak), LaKisha Jones (Jarene/Church Soloist), Daisy)
Color Purple, The (2008-02-24; Broadway - Closing Night) [ID2947273]

Non-Equity Tour (2010)

Opened Mar 12, 2010
Apr 5, 2011 Full Show Audience
Danya Jarae Dantzler (Celie), Taprena Augustine (Shug), Traci Allen (Nettie), Pam Trotter (Sofia), Edward C. Smith (Mister), Cameron J. Ross (Harpo), Kadejah Oné (Church Soloist), Nesha Ward (Church Lady - Doris), Allyson Kaye Daniels (u/s Church Lady - Darlene), Deaun Parker (Church Lady - Jarene)
Color Purple, The (2011-04-05; Non-Equity Tour - Dayna Jarae Dantzler) [ID2947274]

Broadway Revival (2015)

Opened Dec 10, 2015 · Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York
Jun 3, 2016 Full Show Audience
Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Heather Headley (Shug Avery), Danielle Brooks (Sofia), Isaiah Johnson (Mister), Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Joaquina Kalukango (Nettie)
Color Purple, The (2016-06-03; Broadway Revival) [ID2947275]
Jan 8, 2017 Closing Full Show Audience
Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Jennifer Holliday (Shug Avery), Carrie Compere (Sofia), Nathaniel Stampley (Mister), Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Jennie Harney-Fleming (Nettie)
Color Purple, The (2017-01-08; Broadway Revival - Closing) [ID2947276]