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CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
Audio Film Review: ‘The Color Purple’ Adapts to a Film Musical
Submitted by PatrickMcD on December 27, 2023 - 2:18pm
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“The Color Purple” is in theaters since December 25th. Featuring Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Halle Bailey, Colman Domingo, Deon Cole. Screenplay adapted by Marcus Gardley. Directed by Blitz Bazawule. Rated “PG-13”
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “The Color Purple”
The Color Purple
Photo credit: Warner Bros.
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “The Color Purple”
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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “The Color Purple,” the film musical adaptation of the beloved novel by Alice Walker, produced by Steven Spielberg … the director of the 1985 film version … and Oprah Winfrey. In theaters since December 25th.
 Rating: 5.0/5.0 |
Fantasia Barrino is Celie, a star-crossed Southern black woman who is stuck in America during the bad old Jim Crow days of the first half of the 20th Century. She survives in a family – in which her father Alfonso (Deon Cole) rules with a harsh and iron hand – by bonding with her beloved sister Nettie (Halle Bailey). When Celie is married off to her equally harsh “Mister” (Colman Domingo), she gives shelter to Nettie, but Mister separates the sisters, severing Celie’s only connection to love. She relies thereafter on her developed bonds with Sofia (Danielle Brooks) and the counterintuitive daughter of the local preacher, blues singer Shug Avery (Taraji P. Henson).
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “The Color Purple”The Color Purple
Photo credit: Warner Bros.
CLICK HERE for Patrick McDonald’s audio review of “The Color Purple”
