The Color Purple (2023)

Director: Blitz Bazawule

Writer(s):  Marsha Norman (musical book), Alice Walker (novel); Marcus Gardley (screenplay)

Starring: Elizabeth Marvel, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Aunjanue Ellis, Halle Bailey, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Louis Gossett Jr., David Alan Grier, Deon Cole, Jon Batiste, Stephen Hill, Ciara, H.E.R., Fantasia Barrino, Tamela J. Mann, Charles Green, Mone Monroe, Joseph D. Webb, Jeffrey Marcus, Chase Steven Anderson, Marcia Adams, Aba Arthur, Emana Rachelle, Tiffany Elle Burgess, Daisha Hines, Amara Ja’Nai Rutledge-Rodriguez, Terrence J. Smith, Valencia Gamble, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Jessie Jalee, Bethany Skye Rutledge, Zakiya Boyd, Adrian Jstn, Brannu Fulton, Ailani Flowers

Synopsis: Musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.

Release Date: December 20, 2023 (USA) | Length: Unknown | Genre: Drama, Musical | MPAA Rating: Unknown | Note(s): Original announcement. To be produced by Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Alice Walker and Rebecca Walker. I wasn’t able to identify Bethany Skye Rutledge, Zakiya Boyd or Ailani Flowers.