BroadwayWorld

A Guide to THE COLOR PURPLE Musical Songs: What Was Cut & Added

The Color Purple movie musical is set to hit theaters on December 25, infusing music into Alice Walker's classic story. The Color Purple first opened on Broadway in 2005, starring LaChanze in her Tony ...
TheWrap

‘The Color Purple’: How Nova Wav’s New Song Kept the Broadway Beat

Denisia Andrews and Brittany Coney of Nova Wav at the Musicology GRAMMY Day Brunch in April 2022 (Photo by Sam Morris/Getty Images) As far back as Steven Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation of Alice Walker’s ...
BroadwayWorld

Halle Bailey Co-Wrote a New Song For THE COLOR PURPLE Movie Musical

The song, titled "Keep It Movin'," is sung by Bailey as Nettie in the film, along with Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, who plays young Celie. The Little Mermaid star worked on the song with Denisia Andrews, ...
Variety

How ‘The Color Purple’ Brought to Life Its Oscar-Contending New Song ‘Keep It Movin”

Nestled amid a tale of hardship and torment, “Keep It Movin'” is a bright spot in the newly released adaptation of “The Color Purple.” Just as sisters Nettie and Celie (Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl ...
Rolling Stone

Alicia Keys Unfurls a ‘Lifeline’ in New Video for ‘Color Purple’ Contribution

Alicia Keys has shared a new music video for “Lifeline,” her contribution to The Color Purple (Music From and Inspired By) soundtrack album. “Lifeline” is quintessential Keys, an infectious offering ...
Daily Journal

The color purple: It’s a new movie and an old hue that’s rich in meaning and history

NEW YORK (AP) — “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it,” Shug tells Celie in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” Consider it a many-layered ...