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Release Date: Monday 5 December 2005
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The Color Purple is a musical with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, and a book by Marsha Norman, based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and its 1985 film adaptation. The musical follows the journey of Celie, an African American woman in the American South from the early to mid-20th century.
The original Broadway production ran from 2005 to 2008, earning eleven Tony Award nominations in 2006. An enthusiastically acclaimed Broadway revival opened in late 2015 and ran through early 2017, winning two 2016 Tony Awards-including Best Revival of a Musical. (Wiki)
Act I
"Overture"† - Orchestra
"Huckleberry Pie" / "Mysterious Ways" - Young Celie and Young Nettie / Celie, Nettie and Ensemble
"Somebody Gonna Love You" - Celie
"Our Prayer" - Nettie, Celie, Mister, Doris, Darlene, Jarene and Pa
"That Fine Mister" - Doris, Darlene and Jarene
"Big Dog" - Mister, Celie, Young Harpo, Mister's Daughters and Male Ensemble
"Lily of the Field" - Celie, Nettie and Mister
"Dear God - Sofia" - Celie
"A Tree Named Sofia" - Doris, Darlene and Jarene
"Hell No!" - Sofia, Celie, & Sofia's Sisters
"Brown Betty" - Harpo, Squeak, Celie and Male Ensemble
"Shug Avery Comin' to Town" - Mister, Celie and Ensemble
"All We've Got to Say" - Doris, Darlene and Jarene
"Dear God - Shug" - Celie and Shug
"Too Beautiful for Words" - Shug
"Push Da Button" - Shug, Harpo and Ensemble
"Uh-Oh!" - Sofia, Squeak, Celie, Buster and Female Ensemble
"What About Love?" - Celie and Shug
"Act I Finale"† - Orchestra, Shug, Celie and Nettie
Act II
"African Homeland" - Nettie, Celie, Young Adam, Young Olivia and Ensemble
"The Color Purple" - Shug and Celie
"Church Ladies' Easter"† - Doris, Darlene and Jarene
"I Curse You Mister"† - Celie and Mister
"Mister's Song - Celie's Curse" - Mister
"Miss Celie's Pants" - Celie, Shug, Sofia and Female Ensemble
"Any Little Thing" - Harpo and Sofia
"What About Love? (Reprise)" - Celie and Shug
"I'm Here" - Celie
"The Color Purple (Reprise)" - Celie and Company