The newest musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” has had its awards season campaign overshadowed by accusations from its stars about poor working conditions and low pay, notably from star Taraji P.

Maybe it was required reading in high school, perhaps you watched the Steven Speilberg-directed film in theaters or it's possible you became smitten with the story when you saw it as a Broadway ...

The end of the year brought a lackluster performance for the latest adaptation of “The Color Purple,” a musical that blew audiences away when it opened on Christmas Day but then saw numbers ...

As The Color Purple celebrates its 40th anniversary, the film remains a cultural cornerstone. We revisit the iconic story and find out what the cast is doing today. Even 40 years after its premiere, ...

Purple doesn’t actually exist in the visible light spectrum because it’s a nonspectral color created when your brain compensates for the conflicting signals from red and blue wavelengths hitting your ...

In the original 1985 film, Whoopi Goldberg played Celie. More than 30 years later, Fantasia Barrino takes on the dynamic character in a new musical adaptation. In 1985, Whoopi Goldberg introduced fans ...

The decades-spanning story follows a Black woman named Celie who overcomes trauma, finds love and learns to forgive. Steven Spielberg directed the 1985 film starring Whoopi Goldberg, which was adapted ...

A new adaptation shows how rich Alice Walker’s novel is and how the source material can lend itself to unconventional storytelling. By Salamishah Tillet See more of our coverage in your search results ...

In its many incarnations, “The Color Purple” is one of those indelible, unforgettable American texts. From Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel to Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated 1985 ...