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    / The Color Purple in London and on Broadway and the plays in between

    …Celie, the main character in The Color Purple, in a West End production at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London. Erivo’s turn as an African American woman living in the Jim Crow South earned her such critical acclaim that producers in the U.S. asked her to reprise the role on Broadway.…

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    …Celie, the main character in The Color Purple, in a West End production at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London. Erivo’s turn as an African American woman living in the Jim Crow South earned her such critical acclaim that producers in the U.S. asked her to reprise the role on Broadway.…

    Read More