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The Color Purple

(Original Broadway Production, 2005)

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Production Information
Previews:November 01, 2005 (30 previews)
Opening:December 01, 2005
Closing:February 24, 2008
# Performances:910
Theatres:Broadway Theatre
(11/1/2005 - 2/24/2008)
Production Type:Original Production
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Open Run
Market:Broadway
Running Time:Two hours and 40 minutes with one intermission
Intermissions:1
Version:Original Broadway Version
 
Production Staff
Angelina Avallone
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Make-Up Designer
John Lee Beatty
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Scenic Designer
Donald Byrd
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Choreographer
Gary Griffin
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Director
Charles G. LaPointe
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Hair Designer
Brian MacDevitt
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Lighting Designer
Paul Tazewell
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Costume Designer
Jonathan Tunick
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Orchestrator
Linda Twine
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Musical Director
Jon Weston
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Sound Designer
 
Original Cast | Replacements
Leon G. Thomas III
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Young Harpo
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Ensemble
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Young Adam
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Ensemble
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Young Adam
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Young Harpo
Chantylla Johnson
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Chief's Daughter
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Ensemble
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Mister Daughter
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Young Nettie
Jamal Story
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Ensemble
Krisha Marcano
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Squeak
LaChanze
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Celie
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Celie
Nathaniel Stampley
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Buster
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Chief
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Ensemble
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Harpo (Understudy)
Stephanie Guiland-Brown
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Performer (Swing)
Jeannette I. Bayardelle
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Performer (Swing)
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Celie (Understudy)
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Nettie (Understudy)
James Brown III
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Bobby
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Ensemble
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Harpo (Understudy)
Eric L. Christian
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Performer (Swing)
LaTrisa A. Coleman
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Ensemble
Bobby Daye
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Performer (Swing)
Carol Dennis
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Church Soloist
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Ensemble
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Sofia (Understudy)
Brandon Victor Dixon
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Harpo
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Harpo
Anika Ellis
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Ensemble
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Shug Avery (Understudy)
Doug Eskew
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Ensemble
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Preacher
Felicia P. Fields
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Sofia
Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines
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Ensemble
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Older Olivia
Zipporah G. Gatling
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Ensemble
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Henrietta
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Mister Daughter
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Young Celie
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Young Olivia
Renée Elise Goldsberry
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Nettie
Charles Gray
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Ensemble
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Ensemble
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Mister (Understudy)
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Mister (Understudy)
Stephanie Guiland-Brown
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Performer (Swing)
James Harkness
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Ensemble
Francesca Harper
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Ensemble
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Squeak (Understudy)
Kimberly Ann Harris
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Church Lady/Doris
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Church Lady / Doris
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Ensemble
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Sofia (Understudy)
Chantylla Johnson
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Chief's Daughter
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Young Nettie
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Ensemble
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Mister Daughter
Grasan Kingsberry
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Ensemble
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Older Adam
Kingsley Leggs
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Mister
Krisha A. Marcano
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Squeak
Corinne McFarlane
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Performer (Swing)
Kenita R. Miller
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Ensemble
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Celie (Understudy)
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Nettie (Understudy)
J. C. Montgomery
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Ensemble
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Grady
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Pa
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Mister (Understudy)
J.C. Montgomery
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Grady
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Pa
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Ensemble
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Mister (Understudy)
Lou Myers
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Ensemble
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Ol' Mister
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Ensemble
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Ol' Mister
Angela Robinson
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Ensemble
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Shug Avery (Understudy)
Nathaniel Stampley
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Chief
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Buster
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Ensemble
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Harpo (Understudy)
Jamal Story
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Ensemble
Maia Nkenge Wilson
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Church Lady/Jarene
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Church Lady / Jarene
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Daisy
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Ensemble
Elisabeth Withers-Mendes
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Shug Avery
Virginia Ann Woodruff
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Church Lady/Darlene
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Church Lady / Darlene
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Ensemble
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