The Color Purple Episode (ft. Emmie from Theatre & Tonic)

The West End Frame Show: Theatre News, Reviews & Chat

To mark the UK release of The Color Purple movie, we're delving into the the new movie musical.
Directed by Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple has screenplay by Marcus Gardley. The cast is led by Fantasia Barrino as Celie, Danielle Brooks as Sofia and Taraji P. Henson as Shug.
Alice Walker wrote the original Color Purple novel in 1982, three years later the original film was released and in 2005 the musical adaptation - with a score by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray - opened on Broadway.

This episode is co-hosted by Emmie from Theatre & Tonic. Emmie started the theatre blog back in 2014 and hasn’t looked back, growing Theatre & Tonic to a content filled theatre website with lots of contributors.
As well as popping up on various BBC radio stations, Emmie has hosted many episodes of The Stagey Place podcast. Alongside all of that, she is the Editor and Social Media Manager for London Box Office Limited.
In this episode, Andrew and Emmie discuss their thoughts about the new Color Purple movie and Emmie reflects on ten years of theatre blogging.
The Color Purple is in cinemas now.
Check out Theatre & Tonic at www.theatreandtonic.co.uk.
Hosted by Andrew Tomlins
@AndrewTomlins32
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