With Larry Moore by her side, Rebecca Walker is emotionally taken by seeing her father’s handwritten inscription inside the front cover of her mother Alice Walker’s first book, a collection of poems published in 1968. IAN TOCHER/Staff
Rashawd Ford, the 21-year-old director of “The Color Purple” received a jacket with a donation in the pocket to support Ford’s production going on the road this summer. Interested benefactors can scan the QR code above to donate to the cause, too. IAN TOCHER/Staff
L-R: Jenny and Larry Moore with Rebecca Walker and her wife join a standing ovation as the cast of “The Color Purple” take a bow on The Plaza Arts Center stage. IAN TOCHER/Staff
‘The Color Purple’ continues to entrance audiences
A special, one-day encore presentation of the recently presented musical “The Color Purple,” based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Eatonton native Alice Walker, drew another sold-out crowd to The Plaza Arts Center on Sunday.Also attending was Walker’s daughter, Rebecca Walker, an acclaimed author herself with several works of fiction and non-fiction to her credit.Rebe...
