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Inside the groove: The surprise music connection between ‘The Color Purple’ and Madonna

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Inside the groove: The surprise music connection between ‘The Color Purple’ and Madonna

When “The Color Purple” hit theaters in 1985 — as the beloved film adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel — it was before a certain cast member, Oprah Winfrey, was even the Queen of Talk. And the very same year, Stephen Bray — executive music producer of the new “Color Purple” movie musical that … Read more

Behind the ‘Color Purple’ music: How it danced from Broadway to the big screen

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Behind the ‘Color Purple’ music: How it danced from Broadway to the big screen

You might expect 2004 “American Idol” champ Fantasia Barrino, “The Little Mermaid” star Halle Berry and five-time Grammy winner H.E.R. to bring the belting in “The Color Purple,” the new movie musical adaption of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that opens in theaters on Christmas Day. But Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson also … Read more