The Color Purple plays final performance on Broadway

The Broadway musical, The Color Purple, plays its final performance this evening (24 Feb 2008) at the Broadway Theatre . The musical played 30 previews and 910 regular performances.

The Color Purple Based on Alice Walker's classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and the landmark film by Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple is the story of a woman, who, through love, finds the strength to triumph over adversity and discover her unique voice in the world.

The musical features, Zonya Love (Celie), Alton Fitzgerald White (Mister), Larry Marshall (Ol' Mister), Chaka Khan (Sofia), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (Shug), Darlesia Cearcy (Nettie), Chaz Lamar Shepherd (Harpo), BeBe Winans (Harpo), LaKisha Jones (Church Soloist/ Sofia at matinee performances).

Directed by Gary Griffin, The Color Purple features a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman, music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning composer/lyricists Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray with choreography by Donald Byrd.

The Color Purple was nominated for eleven 2006 Tony Awards, but gained only one - Best Actress in a musical, which was won by the show's star LaChanze for her performance as 'Celie'.

The production features scenic design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Tony Award winner Brian MacDevitt and sound design by Jon Weston. The orchestrations are by Jonathan Tunick, Kevin Stites is the Music Supervisor and Linda Twine is the Musical Director.

The musical is produced on Broadway by Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders, Creative Battery, Roy Furman, Quincy Jones.