Nestled amid a tale of hardship and torment, “Keep It Movin'” is a bright spot in the newly released adaptation of “The Color Purple.” Just as sisters Nettie and Celie (Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl ...

Composer Kris Bowers met with “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule six months before shooting began on the musical film. “We talked about the score needing to be the glue between the songs,” ...

Denisia Andrews and Brittany Coney of Nova Wav at the Musicology GRAMMY Day Brunch in April 2022 (Photo by Sam Morris/Getty Images) As far back as Steven Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation of Alice Walker’s ...

Apparently, three songs were Kenough for the Academy’s song branch, as the Greta Gerwig-directed juggernaut continues its hot streak in awards season. It became the first film since the shortlists ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19 (UPI) --The Color Purple, in theaters Christmas Day, remains just as effective in its latest incarnation. The newest adaption of the Alice Walker book is based on the Broadway ...

The Grammy-winning rapper is featured on songs from The Color Purple soundtrack and the Mean Girls soundtrack. Both singles will be released this Friday, December 15. Ahead of their respective ...

The song list for the upcoming The Color Purple movie musical has revealed what songs from the stage version have been cut for the adaptation. "Somebody Gonna Love You," "Our Prayer," "Big Dog," "Dear ...

When “The Color Purple” hit theaters in 1985 — as the beloved film adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel — it was before a certain cast member, Oprah Winfrey, was even the Queen of ...

I’ve never experienced a performance as powerful and audience-rousing as Blitz Bazawule’s “The Color Purple” (2023). The musical numbers are visually stunning and the cast is stacked not just with big ...

Broadway star LaChanze doesn’t need Warner Bros. to love her, but she does want financial compensation for helping write a pivotal song from “The Color Purple.” The three-time Tony Award winner, who ...