COMPLETE CASTING AND CITIES ANNOUNCED FOR THE COLOR PURPLE

“A glory to behold!”

-The New York Times

“One of the greatest revivals ever!”
–New York Magazine

 “A direct hit to the heart…”

-The Hollywood Reporter

COMPLETE CASTING AND CITIES ANNOUNCED FOR 

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 

THE COLOR PURPLE

TECHING AND LAUNCHING AT PROCTORS, OCT. 7­–14

ALUMNI OF TONY AWARD^®-WINNING 
BROADWAY REVIVAL TO HEADLINE TOUR

SCHENECTADY, NY—SEPT. 7, 2017—Producers announced today the first North American tour and full casting of the Tony Award^®-winning Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE.  Performances will begin Oct. 7–14 at Proctors—which is also teching the show—and the tour will have its official opening Oct. 17, in Baltimore, Maryland at The Hippodrome Theatre.  

Tickets for Proctors, $20–$85, are available at the Box Office at Proctors, 432 State Street, Schenectady; by phone at 518.346.6204; and online at proctors.org. 

Cast members from the 2016 Broadway revival lead the touring company, including Adrianna Hicks(Aladdin, Sister Act – Germany) as Celie, Carla R. Stewart (Ghost – National Tour, Rent – Regional) as Shug Avery and Carrie Compere (Holler If You Hear Me, Shrek the Musical – National Tour) as Sofia. 

They will be joined by Gavin Gregory (The Color Purple – Revival, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess) as Mister, N’Jameh Camara (X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation) as Nettie, J. Daughtry (The Color Purple – Revival, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) as Harpo, along with Darnell Abraham, Amar Atkins, Kyle E. Baird, Angela Birchett, Jared Dixon, Erica Durham, Bianca Horn, Gabrielle Reid, C.E. Smith, Clyde Voce, Nyla Watson, J.D. Webster, Brit West, Nikisha Williams and Michael Wordly. 

Based on the Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and the Warner Bros. / Amblin Entertainment motion picture, THE COLOR PURPLE is adapted for the stage by Tony- and Pulitzer-winner Marsha Norman with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. Tony Award^®-winning director and scenic designer John Doyle (Sweeney Todd, Company) recreates his award winning work for the national tour, alongside costumes by Ann Hould-Ward, lighting by Jane Cox, sound by Dan Moses Schreier and wig & hair design by Charles G. LaPointe.

The revival of THE COLOR PURPLE opened to great acclaim in summer 2013 at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory, followed by a Broadway bow on November 10, 2015 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. THE COLOR PURPLE went on to win two 2016 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical, two Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, the 2017 Grammy Award^® for Best Musical Theater Album and a Daytime Emmy^®. THE COLOR PURPLE played 483 performances on Broadway, closing on January 8, 2017. 

For more information, please visit ColorPurple.com

THE COLOR PURPLE at Proctors is part of the Key Private Bank Broadway Series.

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