The Color Purple abides not only as a literary achievement but as a cultural landmark, its echoes felt in classrooms, theatres and film screens around the world.

Reimagining the American Musical, John Doyle reflects on the 50-year theatrical journey taken by a boy who never dreamt it could happen to him. Through simply working at his craft and trying to earn a ...

Groundbreaking film with Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey was released in 1985. — -- Thirty years ago, the movie "The Color Purple" brought to the big screen a world audiences had scarcely seen ...

Even 40 years after its premiere, “The Color Purple” continues to have a significant cultural impact. The story opens with Celie, whose heartbreaking journey sets the tone for a tale of pain, ...

You probably remember that a film adaptation of The Color Purple — specifically, the smash Broadway musical that was based on Alice Walker's 1982 book — came out last year. / ©Warner Bros/Courtesy ...

Whoopi Goldberg is looking back at her casting in The Color Purple. “I remember being elated that Whoopi got the lead,” Fishburn, 63, who played Swain, said of costar Goldberg, 69, who played lead ...

“The Color Purple” — a movie adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel directed by Stephen Spielberg and starring unknown movie actors Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery ...

The lowest of lows and the highest of highs are never far apart in “The Color Purple,” the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning 1982 novel and Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film. In this ...