If she could do it, why couldn’t Danielle Brooks? The Color Purple proved a constant once Brooks became a professional actor. She’d first play Sofia on Broadway in 2015, which led filmmaker ...

Erivo, 37, played Celie in the musical adaptation of The Color Purple, alongside Hudson's Shug Avery. The musical — penned by ...

It's not the first moment we meet the show-stealing Danielle Brooks as Sofia in Blitz Bazawule's musical adaption of "The Color Purple," but it might as well be, so clearly (so amusingly ...

You found her,'" says Brooks You got to step back into the ... and I asked him while going through the audition process of The Color Purple if I should write Blitz a letter. He said yes, write ...

Well, almost. Not quite. Danielle Brooks, currently portraying Sofia in The Color Purple cast—also known to legions of fans as Tastee on Orange Is the New Black—had her pal Serena backstage ...

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The Color Purple: Jennifer Hudson, Danielle Brooks, and Cynthia Erivo roundtable The Color Purple: Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo star in exclusive music video ...

Danielle Brooks, a past Emmy nominee ... an Oscar for her supporting actress work in the movie musical “The Color Purple.” Warner Bros. Tony Cenicola/The New York Times “I worked my butt ...