THE COLOR PURPLE based upon the novel written by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment Motion Picture. The book is by Marsha Norman and the music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray.

THE COLOR PURPLE was produced on Broadway at the Broadway Theater by Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders, Roy Furman and Quincy Jones. The world premiere of THE COLOR PURPLE was produced by the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia.