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THE COLOR PURPLE is the 2016 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical Revival! Hailed as “a direct hit to the heart” (The Hollywood Reporter), this joyous American classic has conquered Broadway in an all-new "ravishingly reconceived production that is a glory to behold” (The New York Times) directed by Tony winner John Doyle.
With a soul-raising score of jazz, gospel, ragtime and blues, THE COLOR PURPLE gives an exhilarating new spirit to this Pulitzer Prize-winning story.
Don’t miss this stunning re-imagining of an epic story about a young woman’s journey to love and triumph in the American South. It’s the musical sensation that New York Magazine calls “one of the greatest revivals ever.” Experience the exhilarating power of this Tony-winning triumph!
An awesome play. Full of life, character, and spunk. Kept me interested and the play followed the script/movie as I remember. I would definitely want to recommend this play and I would want to see again. All characters were amazing.
It might just be because I love the film so much, but I found this presentation a bit disappointing. The characters were poorly developed and the script seemed to be more of a musical review than musical theater. It was particularly sad since the performers were of the highest caliber. Just a bit of a let down.
The Auditorium Theatre is my favorite theatre in Chicago. I visit Chicago monthly and make sure to see a show at this venue. During this trip, I went to see the color purple. This is a very hard book to bring to the stage and I do wish it flowed a little better and had background changes with each scene however, the singing took the show, it was amazing. Every actor had an amazing voice and what a powerful presence on stage.
The color purple was great! I took my mom and had a blast.
The show would have been so much more enjoyable if we could only have been able to understand the words. Not sure if this was a venue problem or just that the actors were not clear.
Very enjoyable and entertaining. I would love to see this again.
I was a little disappointed in the show in that I could often not understand the lyrics as they were being sung. Also some of the narrative was hard to understand. We attended with another couple who said the same thing.
Wonderfully transitioned to he stage, but the musics was too loud and it was hard hearing the dialogue.
It was an awesome musical, I am glad that I went to see it while it was in Chicago.
I understand this was "Broadway", but I expected a little bit more talking. If I did not know the story already, I would have had a difficult time following because the singing was not articulated enough for me to hear what was being said all of the time. Maybe it was the venue. I'm not sure, but because The Color Purple is one of my favorite books, I was not all that happy with the performance. It was entertaining but average.
