Celie the color purple

John Doyle revives one of the rare musicals about black women’s lives, and, together with Cynthia Erivo, saves it from being a simple survival fable.

Whoopi Goldberg as Celie from Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple'

This garment was worn by the character “Celie Johnson” portrayed by Whoopi Goldberg in the 1985 motion picture, “The Color Purple”.

Inspired by the cover art on the book. Acrylic painting.17x21. ...And a bright light shined across the words you wrote me and gave me pause.

Til you do right by me everything you even think about gonna fail !!

Spoiler Alert: Audiences were delighted to see a certain familiar face in the musical remake that’s now in theaters. Winfrey, a producer of the film, explains why it made sense and why there aren’t others.

Celie and Shug | The Colour Purple