The Color Purple
Original Broadway Production [2005]
Production Info
OPENING
:
December 1, 2005
CLOSING: February 24, 2008
Broadway Theatre [New York, NY]
910 perf.
Opening Night Cast
- Chantylla Johnson [Young Nettie, Mister Daughter]
- Zipporah G. Gatling [Young Celie, Mister Daughter, Young Olivia, Henrietta]
- Carol Dennis [Church Soloist]
- Kimberly Ann Harris [Church Lady/Doris]
- Virginia Ann Woodruff [Church Lady/Darlene]
- Maia Nkenge Wilson [Church Lady/Jarene]
- Doug Eskew [Preacher, Prison Guard]
- JC Montgomery [Pa]
- Reneé Elise Goldsberry [Nettie]
- LaChanze [Celie]
- Kingsley Leggs [Mister]
- Leon G. Thomas III [Young Harpo, Young Adam]
- Brandon Victor Dixon [Harpo]
- Felicia P. Fields [Sofia]
- Krisha A. Marcano [Squeak]
- Elisabeth Withers [Shug Avery]
- Lou Myers [Ol' Mister]
- Nathaniel Stampley [Buster, Chief]
- JC Montgomery [Grady]
- James Brown III [Bobby]
- Maia Nkenge Wilson [Daisy]
- Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines [Older Olivia]
- Grasan Kingsberry [Older Adam]
- LaTrisa A. Coleman [Ensemble]
- Anika Ellis [Ensemble]
- Charles Gray (ii) [Ensemble]
- James Harkness [Ensemble]
- Francesca Harper [Ensemble]
- Angela Robinson (i) [Ensemble]
- Jamal Story [Ensemble]
- James Brown III [Ensemble]
- Carol Dennis [Ensemble]
- Doug Eskew [Ensemble]
- Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines [Ensemble]
- Zipporah G. Gatling [Ensemble]
- Kimberly Ann Harris [Ensemble]
- Chantylla Johnson [Ensemble]
- Grasan Kingsberry [Ensemble]
- JC Montgomery [Ensemble]
- Lou Myers [Ensemble]
- Nathaniel Stampley [Ensemble]
- Leon G. Thomas III [Ensemble]
- Maia Nkenge Wilson [Ensemble]
- Virginia Ann Woodruff [Ensemble]
Staff/Creatives
- Oprah Winfrey [Producer]
- Scott Sanders [Producer]
- Roy Furman [Producer]
- Quincy Jones [Producer]
- Creative Battery [Producer]
- Anna Fantaci [Producer]
- Cheryl Lachowicz [Producer]
- Independent Presenters Network [Producer]
- David Lowy [Producer]
- Stephanie P. McClelland [Producer]
- Gary Winnick [Producer]
- Jan Kallish [Producer]
- Nederlander Presentations [Producer]
- Bob Weinstein [Producer]
- Harvey Weinstein [Producer]
- Andrew Asnes [Producer]
- Adam Zotovich [Producer]
- Todd Johnson [Producer]
- Gary Griffin [Director]
- Donald Byrd [Choreography]
- Linda Twine [Musical Director]
- John Lee Beatty [Settings]
- Paul Tazewell [Costumes]
- Brian MacDevitt [Lighting]
- Jon Weston [Sound]
- Jonathan Tunick [Orchestrations]
- Daryl Waters [Dance Arrangements]
- Joseph Joubert [Music Arrangements (additional)]
Authors
- Marsha Norman [Book]
- Stephen Bray [Music & Lyrics]
- Allee Willis [Music & Lyrics]
- Brenda Russell [Music & Lyrics]
