The Color Purple (2005 Original Broadway Cast)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2006-01-24
Music Label: Angel Records
Soundtracks:
- Overture
- Huckleberry Pie/Mysterious Ways
- Somebody Gonna Love You
- Our Prayer
- That Fine Mister
- Big Dog
- Lily Of The Field
- Dear God
- A Tree Named Sofia
- Hell No!
- Brown Betty
- Shug Avery Comin' To Town
- All We've Got To Say
- Dear God
- Too Beautiful For Words
- Push Da Button
- Uh Oh!
- What About Love?
- Act I Finale
- African Homeland
- The Color Purple
- Church Ladies' Easter
- I Curse You Mister
- Celie's Curse
- Miss Celie's Pants
- Any Little Thing
- What About Love (Reprise)
- I'm Here
- The Color Purple (Reprise)
Music reviews of The Color Purple (2005 Original Broadway Cast)
Music Review: Music really fits the story....
Rating: 5 Stars
Whereas the movie is a wonderful glossy Hollywood interpretation of Alice Walker's most incredible book, the Broadway Musical is equally wonderful, but with a more gritty, soulful slant. The soundtrack really fits their rendition of the book, poignant and heartfelt. I just about wore out the CD before seeing the show, and once I saw the actual show a couple of weeks ago, have worn it out again! 'Seeing' the songs performed, within the storyline adds a whole new dimension. I cannot wait to see it again. I highly recommend this CD.
Description of The Color Purple (2005 Original Broadway Cast)
On paper, this adaptation of Alice Walker's best-selling novel has all the markings of a hit. It makes Oprah Winfrey's debut as a theater producer, the libretto is by Marsha Norman (Night Mother), and the lyrics and music are by a trio of seasoned pop pros: Allee Willis (the eccentric woman behind "Neutron Dance" and the theme from Friends), Stephen Bray (who worked on such Madonna hits as "True Blue" and "Express Yourself"), and Brenda Russell (the smooth soul-jazz songstress behind "Piano in the Dark"). That team has put together a series of fairly catchy songs that may lack depth but adeptly handle various idioms like gospel ("Mysterious Ways"), R&B ("Push Da Button"), and African rhythms ("African Homeland"). Though the inspirational vibe can get a bit much, softening the edges and preventing genuine artistic complexity, The Color Purple is a great showcase for its cast. As Celie, LaChanze delivers one of her usual sensitive performances, but watch also for Elisabeth Withers-Mendes's Shug--who sings a passionate paean to Celie ("Too Beautiful for Words")--and Ren?e Elise Goldsberry's Nettie (duetting with LaChange on "African Homeland"). The chance to hear these women strut their stuff almost makes up for the show's weaknesses. --Elisabeth VincentelliGeneral CDs
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