The Color Purple

I returned home for a short visit to SF and was able to snag tickets to this musical. Even before the musical began, there was an EARTHQUAKE. Totally unreal. It actually made me miss home and all the unexpected craziness that goes down. No one in the theater was exactly sure what had happened so it wasnt chaotic at all. 10 minutes later the show started. The actors were great! I had never seen this movie or read the book, but this musical is depressing!!! It gets five stars because of the moral of the story and the singing of course!

Perfectly cast, great music, awesome show!
Only downer, in the row behind me two LARGE women got into a scuffle. Shoving and fists flying. I stood up and then pulled my son out into the isle. As soon as everything had calmed down, my son said he had been hit in the back of the head. He said he was okay, just still shaken by what had happened. I was furious. When the lights came on at intermission, I turned to see who was involved. A woman in her thirties had wailed on woman probably in her sixties because the older woman had complained when the younger lady was trying to pass and stepped on her foot. The younger woman was no longer seated in our area. Who knows where she escaped too. Totally ghetto.

Read the book, loved it. Watched the movie too many times to count. Had no interest in seeing the stage version — how could they possibly make a musical out of it? Then a friend of mine was getting a group together to go… I was even wishing I had declined the day of the performance. Then — wow! So glad I went. It was amazing. The vocal performance itself brought tears to my eyes. It was so enjoyable, I would love to go again.

incredible cast. strong performances. former Destiny’s Child Michele Williams and American Idol contestant LaToya London support Jeannette Bayardelle who performs the lead role of Celie. comedy, tragedy, and incredible vocal performances.

Last week I joined a few girlfriends to see The Color Purple at the Orpheum. As everyone knows, I am prone to falling asleep at any time, especially if I am attending a play or musical. I was determined to prove my peers wrong this time. Lucky for me the play was outstanding! It was definitely one of the best that I’ve seen in a while. The singing was great and the characters were amazing. I would definitely recommend that anyone who enjoys live theater buy tickets. The tickets are expensive though, about $ 80 per person for decent seats.

Tonight, I had plans to go to the SF Butch-​Femme Social at The Eagle it is my friend Resse’s 50^th birthday and then I was going to go to the W club and ooogle at the DJ Olga T. hahaha This is after spending the day at the Matinée. I saw The Color Purple excellent and emotionally
draining… man o man… Yeah I am just going to stay home blaze 420
and watch TV oh yeah and play and work on the Internet.
Oprah!!! God Has blessed us with the Queen. Oprah. Dam What is Oprah’s last name. We as a society don’t even know anymore. She is a success story of what a poor black woman from the South can do. Sure my pampered, West Coast Black Diva self can establish an empire too. Stay tuned!!! hehehe
As a Librarian aand info maven I know all about The Color Purple.
The Color Purple is an acclaimed 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker. It received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name.
Taking place mostly in rural Georgia, the story addresses many issues related to African-​American life during the early to mid 20^th century in the American south, especially focusing on women’s low position in black social culture. Because of the novel’s sometimes explicit content, particularly in terms of violence, it has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990 – 2000 at number eighteen.
Banned Books Week is in October.
Author Alice Walker
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Publication date 1982
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
ISBN ISBN 151 191 530
The story is told through a series of diary entries and letters. Celie is a poor, uneducated young woman who, at 14, is sexually abused and impregnated twice by a man she believes to be her father, Alphonso. After her children are taken away to «be with God,» she is forced to marry a widower, with several children, who is physically abusive. At first, she is joined in her new home by her younger sister, Nettie, whom Celie’s new husband had originally wanted to marry. After he attempts to seduce Nettie, she escapes, promising to write to Celie. As time passes, Celie assumes that Nettie is dead. In her writings, Celie refers to her husband as «Mr. _​_​_​.» One of his sons, Harpo, falls in love with and marries a strong and physically imposing woman named Sofia. Though both Harpo and «Mr. _​_​_​» attempt to treat her as an inferior, Sofia fights back, sometimes even physically, and Celie is amazed by her defiance.
I don’t want to give away too much. In this Musical there is a soundtrack of course. Well I went crazy. I bought the Soundtrack CD, a Tee-​shirt and a special edition of the monograph. $cha ching $ 75.00 Smack a roos. Dad sprang for the tickets. $ 75.00 + tax and Service Fee. We also had Dinner @ Bistro Burger in The Westfield Centre.
We did all this via Bay Area Rapid Transit. Save the Earth People.
Support this novel, this production Broadway you all in San Francisco.
Get Some Culture.:)
Infodiva here Enlightened alittle poorer Oprah uh! you got me. We have a very challenging Theater Arts Scene in San Francisco. Check it out.

I’m going to keep this short and sweet otherwise I could write a freaking novel about this show, so here goes: My amazing boyfriend who works in SF got tickets last minute for us to watch this show and I FREAKING LOVED IT. I may be biased because I am corny and do love musicals and live entertainment, but this was just beyond words. The singing was just so powerful and the storyline was so inspirational. Awesome show for everyone: date night, BFF’s, kids, fambams, whatever. There’s something for everyone: love, lesbian love, hot chocolate bodies, sanging (NOT singing), deep plot, humor, the list goes on! Even my boyfriend, who I know just came as a good sport, had an awesome time. I am so glad I had the chance to catch this show. I admit that I may have even gotten teary eyed from how much the story/​singing/​acting affected me, but that could also have been a corny girl/​pre-​menstrual moment. who cares? Shit was GOOOOOD. 5 BILLION STARS.

There are little words that can describe how I feel about this muscial and one that comes to mind at the moment is AMAAAZING! And just pretend that word amazing was italicized, bolded, and a font size of about 48.
From the opening number I knew I was in for something special and it made me want to attend gospel church every sunday. I remember thinking to myself at that brief moment, «I wish I could be black for a second,» because it looked like so much fun :)
I cannot emphasize enough on how fantastic the singing was. The main actress who played Celie (Jeannette Bayardelle) has the most incredible voice I’ve heard on stage. She almost brought me to tears when she sang «I’m here» during Act 2.
Latoya London from American Idol played Nettie and did a spectacular job. I was so impressed by her performance and singing. The the duet she sang «What about love?» was absolutely beautiful. The harmony and emotion left me with a smile and goosebumps.
I didn’t know Michelle Williams from Destiny’s Child was going to be in the play, but I was excited to see her and what would come next. Unfortunately I wasn’t blown away with singing and acting, but I thought she did a fair job and she really isn’t a Broadway actress or singer so I give her credit for trying something different.
There’s also plenty of eye candy for the ladies as well because the men have their shirt off for half the show and let me just say that I don’t think potato chips and bon bons consume their diets. I also loved the person that played the character Sofia. HILARIOUS! She did such a great job. The crowd roared when she gave her bow.
We had Orchestra seats in row R which is right in the middle and the view was great. I don’t know what else to say about The Color Purple other than to go see it. An unregretable experience.