The central character, Celie, is played by Gabriella McKinley, whom I first saw in THE COLOR PURPLE at Buffalo State University where she played Shug Avery. At the time I was wowed, and I’ve b ...

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As seen in The Color Purple Celie is able to find her true identity through the help of female characters such as Shug Avery, who teaches Celie self-value, and sexual and religious empowerment.

The Color Purple musical is being adapted ... Taraji P Henson will lead the cast as Shug Avery, while Fantasia Taylor will play Celie, reprising the role she previously played on Broadway.

On a recent episode of The View, where Laurence Fishburne appeared as a guest, the duo looked back on what it was like to work together on Steven Spielberg 's 1985 film, based on the novel by Alice ...