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John Doyle's Award-Winning Revival of The Color Purple to End Broadway Run

Theatre Mania

The Tony-winning Broadway revival of The Color Purple will end its run at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on January 8, 2017, after 33 previews and 449 regular performances. A North American tour will commence in fall 2017.

Directed by John Doyle, The Color Purple began its run November 10, 2015, and opened on December 10 after a 2013 engagement at London's Menier Chocolate Factory. The production received the 2016 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, as well as the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for British-born star Cynthia Erivo... READ MORE

Photograph by Matthew Murphy

Author: Bethany Rickwald, David Gordon
Source: Theater Mania

TAGS: THE COLOR PURPLE, CYNTHIA ERIVO, BROADWAY, DANIELLE BROOKS, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY