‘The Color Purple’ continues to entrance audiences
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.
