Fri, Apr 19
|BlackRock Center for the Arts
The Color Purple
BlackRock presents The Color Purple. Coming off the extraordinary success of Dreamgirls, The Color Purple becomes the second in-house produced musical in the history of BlackRock Center for The Arts.
Time & Location
Apr 19, 2024, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
BlackRock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Dr, Germantown, MD 20874, USA
About the Event
BlackRock presents The Color Purple. Coming off the extraordinary success of Dreamgirls, The Color Purple becomes the second in-house produced musical in the history of BlackRock Center for The Arts. This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of this epic story. With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, THE COLOR PURPLE is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love, and a celebration of life. It premiered at the Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta, Georgia and opened on Broadway on November 1, 2005, where it was nominated for eleven 2006 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Original Score. The London off-West End production moved to Broadway in 2015, winning the Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical.