highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"Based on Alice Walker's novel, The Color Purple is a moving and beautiful, yet also slightly sad, musical journey of one African-American woman and the people in her life, set over a forty-year period. While the show is somewhat disjointed, and the score isn't entirely memorable, the national tour of the musical, which plays at ASU Gammage through April 22nd, features several individuals who understudied or played their roles in the recent Tony-winning revival of the show and, with their stellar contributions, is a rich and emotional experience.... However, the score, which is a mostly forgettable combination of gospel, blues and jazz, and the book, which includes very little dialogue and isn't much more than a series of strung together scenes that hit the major plot points of the novel, leave much to be desired in giving clarity to both the changing time periods and some of the development of the people in Celie's life...The lack of set doesn't help at all in determining the location or period of the scenes...fortunately, Doyle has ensured his actors excel in their portrayals with performances that are rich, nuanced and full of fire.." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
COMING SOON - Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic (click here to read the complete review)
"...With its revamped, scaled-back look, the focus is entirely on the actors, and the improvements are startling... The songs of the ensemble are serviceable and suit the individual moments, but are hardly memorable... but it's Celie's empowering 'I'm Here' that brings the big applause... -David Appleford, Valley Screen and Stage (click here to read the complete review)
"...a narrative about love, forgiveness, reconciliation, and roots...The production is, at once, inspiring, exhilarating, and provocative..with a cast that is, to put it mildly, electrifying.... John Doyle's vision and direction... is a masterpiece...The women of the cast ~ led by the amazing Adrianna Hicks (Celie), and featuring vivid, moving, and muscular performances by Carla Stewart (Shug), Carrie Compere (Sofia), and N'Jameh Camara (Nettie) ~ are a vocal powerhouse of African-American self-affirmation, giving voice to the travails and aspirations of a generation of women who paved freedom's way for their sisters to come... " - Herbert Paine, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
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