For the first time since the book was released in 1982 and its film adaptation in 1985, “ The Color Purple ” premiered as a musical production in Eatonton, the birthplace of acclaimed author Alice ...

It’s far from the first time Americans have heard the story of Celie, the protagonist of Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple.” Walker’s novel debuted in 1982 and received rave reviews ...

The Tony-winning musical "The Color Purple" will open at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton this Saturday. The musical is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker ...

The Color Purple, a great novel by Alice Walker, was published in 1982. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983. According to Britannica, it's a feminist work about an abused and uneducated African ...

Jones, who died in November at age 91, produced the movie and also wrote the score for the film, which was nominated for 11 Academy Awards at the 1986 ceremony ...

25. And in a kind of cultural déjà vu, a new breed of detractors have been up in arms, just as critics of "The Color Purple" were when Alice Walker's novel was released in 1982 and when Steven ...