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The Color Purple is a musical about love that has Fantasia reprising the role of Celie. It is based on the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker that is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner. The musical opened on Broadway on December 1, 2005 and ran until February 24, 2008. It earned eleven 2006 Tony Award nominations and recouped its $11 million investment within its first year on Broadway. It is back and is produced by Scott Sanders, Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey.

The Color Purple tells the unforgettable story of a woman who triumphs over adversity. It is a true testament to the healing power of love and a wonderful celebration of life. The story starts out on a Sunday morning in rural Georgia in 1909. Celie is 14 years old and pregnant for the second time. Her Pa takes the child away from her like he did her last one and tells her she better not tell anybody except God.

A local farmer, Mister, needs a wife to take care of his children and Pa gives him Celie. Her sister, Nettie, runs away from Pa one day and comes to be with Celie. Mister eventually throws her out when she fights back at him when he attacks her. She promises to write Celie but Mister says he will kill her if she ever checks the mailbox.

Shug Avery is a sexy singer who is Mister's longtime lover that comes into town. She is in bad shape and Celie nurses her back to health. Celie starts having feelings of affection for Shug and they explore their newfound love. Shug gives Celie a letter she found from Nettie. Nettie has traveled to Africa with the missionary family that adopted Celie's babies and is living in a refugee camp.

Twelve years later Shug returns home for Easter and invites Celie to come live with her and her husband in Memphis. Celie tells Mister that she is leaving and confronts him about his cruel treatment over the years. After she leaves, he is drunk all of the time and his son tells him he should make things right with Celie.

Celie discovers she is good at making pants while in Memphis. She inherits the house she once grew up in and goes home to start her business. On July 4, 1949, Celie hears a car horn and Nettie is running towards the house. Celie's children follow behind her. Mister and Shug have made the reunion possible and she thanks them for the safe return of her family.

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