August 24, 2016 – Beginning performances Tuesday, October 4, Tony and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Holiday will assume the role of Shug Avery in John Doyle’s Tony Award-winning production of the Broadway musical, THE COLOR PURPLE.  Heather Headley, who is currently performing the role, will give her final performance on Sunday, October 2. “I was deeply […]

  Tony award winner Heather Headley is playing Shug Avery in the hit Broadway play The Color Purple, also starring Danielle Brooks and Cynthia Erivo. She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about returning to the stage and announces a contest that allows one lucky fan to attend the show with the TJMS’ Sybil Wilkes. On her […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Danielle Brooks is going from orange to purple — jumping from “Orange Is the New Black” on TV to a Broadway stage in the upcoming “The Color Purple” revival. The actress, who plays Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson on the Netflix series, will play the proud, no-nonsense Sofia in the production directed […]