While the title song from the musical is the finale of the current film, the stage verison features a solo version of "The Color Purple" that Shug Avery sings to Celie after "African Homeland." ...

Courtesy Narrative PR Approaching an original song for “The Color Purple” presented its own pressures. They had already worked with Bailey for “Be Yourself,” a Chloe x Halle song included ...

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE COLOR PURPLE") TARAJI P HENSON ... immediately rushing into the next scene or even rushing into a song before we've fully been immersed in those feelings.

Songs sung by the "Church Ladies" in the musical have also been cut, including "That Fine Mister," "A Tree Named Sofia," and "All We Got to Say." New songs include the previously reported "Keep It ...

For “The Color Purple,” a reimagined take on the Alice ... “We have a mixture of so many different varieties of song: gospel, jazz, some of the big band numbers. The brass section must ...

While the music for “The Color Purple” doesn’t boast a steady parade of showstoppers, the songs advance the narrative and sand down the rougher edges of Celie’s grim situation, which ...

with “Flora and Son” making the list with “High Life” and “Meet in the Middle” (the latter song co-written by actors Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and “The Color Purple ...

"The Color Purple" broadway actress wants her royalty fee for the lyrics she contributed to the song 'I'm Here.' Tony Award-winner LaChanze, renowned for her lead role as Celie in the 2005 ...

LaChanze, the actress who played the central character Celie Harris Johnson in the 2005 Broadway musical adaptation of The Color Purple, posted yesterday about the new movie musical produced by ...

Perhaps that is why Warner Bros.’ three trailers for this Color Purple have de-emphasized the songs, only featuring one different tune in each of the trailers. The studio did the same for its ...