{"id":105396,"date":"2023-05-23T09:17:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T09:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/23\/taraji-p-henson-leads-the-all-star-cast-of-a-bold-new-musical-experience\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T09:17:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T09:17:30","slug":"taraji-p-henson-leads-the-all-star-cast-of-a-bold-new-musical-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/23\/taraji-p-henson-leads-the-all-star-cast-of-a-bold-new-musical-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Taraji P. Henson Leads The All-Star Cast Of A Bold New Musical Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"\/>\n<p>Culturally, \u201c<strong>The Color Purple<\/strong>\u201d is many alternative issues to many individuals. To some, it\u2019s the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the identical identify by <strong>Alice Walker<\/strong>, the 1985 adaptation of that novel by <strong>Steven Spielberg,<\/strong> and extra not too long ago, it\u2019s the 2005 musical with music and lyrics by <strong>Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray<\/strong>. And it\u2019s this musical that begets the newest cinematic tackle \u201cThe Color Purple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/summer-2023-movie-preview-20230502\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ MORE: Summer 2023 Movie Preview: 52 Must-See Films To Watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This distinctive and daring new tackle sisterhood\u00a0and three ladies who share one unbreakable bond is directed by <strong>Blitz Bazawule<\/strong> (\u201c<strong>Black Is King<\/strong>,\u201d \u201c<strong>The\u00a0Burial of Kojo<\/strong>\u201d) and produced by <strong>Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, <\/strong>and <strong>Quincy Jones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This new \u201cThe Color Purple\u201d stars <strong>Taraji P. Henson<\/strong> (\u201cWhat Men Want,\u201d \u201cHidden Figures\u201d), <strong>Danielle Brooks<\/strong> (\u201cPeacemaker,\u201d \u201cOrange Is the New Black\u201d), <strong>Colman Domingo<\/strong> (\u201cMa Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom,\u201d \u201cFear the Walking Dead\u201d),<strong> Corey Hawkins<\/strong> (\u201cIn the Heights,\u201d \u201cBlacKkKlansman\u201d), H<strong>.E.R. <\/strong>(\u201cJudas and the Black Messiah,\u201d \u201cBeauty and the Beast: A 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Celebration\u201d), <strong>Halle Bailey<\/strong> (\u201cThe Little Mermaid,\u201d \u201cGrown-ish\u201d), <strong>Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor<\/strong> (\u201cKing Richard,\u201d \u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk\u201d), and <strong>Fantasia Barrino<\/strong> (in her main movement image debut).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marcus Gardley<\/strong> (\u201cMaid,\u201d \u201cThe Chi\u201d) wrote the screenplay primarily based on the novel by Alice Walker and primarily based on the musical stage play, e book (of the musical stage play) by <strong>Marsha Norman.<\/strong> The govt producers are Alice Walker, Rebecca Walker, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Carla Gardini, Mara Jacobs, Adam Fell, Courtenay Valenti, Sheila Walcott, and Michael Beugg.<\/p>\n<p>Joining director Bazawule behind the digital camera are director of pictures <strong>Dan Laustsen<\/strong> (\u201cJohn Wick: Chapter 4,\u201d \u201cThe Shape of Water\u201d), manufacturing designer<strong> Paul Denham Austerberry<\/strong> (\u201cThe Flash,\u201d \u201cThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse\u201d), and editor <strong>Jon Poll <\/strong>(\u201cBombshell,\u201d \u201cThe Greatest Showman\u201d). The choreographer is <strong>Fatima Robinson <\/strong>(\u201cComing 2 America,\u201d \u201cDreamgirls\u201d), and the costumes are designed by <strong>Francine Jamison-Tanchuck<\/strong> (\u201cEmancipation,\u201d \u201cOne Night in Miami\u2026\u201d). The music supervisors are <strong>Jordan Carroll <\/strong>(\u201cThe Greatest Showman,\u201d \u201cGodfather of Harlem\u201d) and <strong>Morgan Rhodes (<\/strong>\u201cSpace Jam: A New Legacy,\u201d \u201cSelma\u201d); the music is by<strong> Kris Bowers <\/strong>(\u201cKing Richard,\u201d \u201cGreen Book\u201d); and the chief music producers are Nick Baxter (\u201cBabylon,\u201d \u201cCODA\u201d), Stephen Bray (\u201cRespect,\u201d \u201cJuanita\u201d) and Blitz Bazawule.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. Pictures is about to open \u201dThe Color Purple\u201d in theaters in North America on December 25, 2023, and internationally starting January 18, 2024. 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To some, it\u2019s the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the identical identify by Alice Walker, the 1985 adaptation of that novel by Steven Spielberg, and extra not too long ago, it\u2019s the 2005 musical with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-105396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}