Some stories just seem to stay with us. That's certainly the case for Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Her 1982 novel won a Pulitzer Prize and has since been the basis for a movie, then a Broadway ...

Danielle Brooks on ‘The Color Purple,’ reprising Sofia: ‘I hope that everyone can see themselves in this movie’ TheGrio caught up with Brooks over the weekend at American Black Film ...

Directed by Lili-Anne Brown, the Goodman Theatre’s vibrant production of the musical based on the American literary classic ...

Danielle Brooks says she’s "owning" her power as Sofia in the 2023 iteration of “The Color Purple.” Brooks is reprising the role she played on Broadway in 2015, which led to her winning a ...

Oprah Winfrey and Danielle Brooks as Sofia (Top) Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple, 1985. (Bottom) Danielle Brooks as Sofia in The Color Purple, 2023. Getty Images, Warner Bros.

Danielle Brooks is a major Oscar contender for the new "The Color Purple" movie, stepping into the role of Sofia made famous by Oprah Winfrey. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 📚 ...

Lili-Anne Brown returns as the director of this beloved musical with a long Chicago history, back in a confident production at the Goodman.

In 2005, your father took you to see “The Color Purple” with the original Broadway cast. Which character caught teenage Danielle’s eye? Felicia P. Fields, who played Sofia.

Danielle Brooks knows The Color Purple’s Sofia inside out. She spent a year as the boisterous wife in the Broadway revival in 2015, and boasts that she knows everything from the character’s ...

Danielle Brooks shares an emotional reflection on portraying the incomparable Sofia in Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple following her recent SAG Awards nomination. The former Orange Is The New ...

"The Color Purple" focuses on Celie's journey to become an independent woman, free of oppression. Along the way, she forges sisterhoods with Shug and Sofia. The 2023 movie is Mpasi's feature-film ...

Ryan Kayla as Sofia, Kaela Green as Celie and Terri Manning as Shug star in “The Color Purple,” running through Jan. 26 at the Baldwin Theatre in Royal Oak.