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The color purple

Title: The color purple [videorecording] / Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders, Roy Furman, Quincy Jones, Creative Battery, Anna Fantaci & Cheryl Lachowicz, Independent Presenters Network, David Lowy, Stephanie P. McClelland, Gary Winnick, Jan Kallish, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Bob & Harvey Weinstein, Andrew Asnes & Adam Zotovich, Todd Johnson, present ; based upon the novel written by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment motion picture ; [screenplay by Menno Meyjes] ; book by Marsha Norman ; music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray ; choreographed by Donald Byrd ; directed by Gary Griffin ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Publication: New York, ©2008.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videodiscs 1 and 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 3392 Videodiscs 1 and 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (153 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. (videodisc)

Subject

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Note

A videorecording of an earlier production of this musical, taped at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 16, 2004, is available on NCOV 2901. A videorecording of the Broadway production of this show, featuring the opening night cast, is available on NCOV 3219.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Scenic design, John Lee Beatty ; costume design, Paul Tazewell ; lighting design, Brian MacDevitt ; sound design, Jon Weston ; orchestrations, Jonathan Tunick ; music supervisor & incidental music arrangements, Kevin Stites ; music director, Linda Twine ; dance music arrangements, Daryl Waters ; company manager, Tony Magner ; production managers, Arthur Siccardi and Patrick Sullivan ; prod. stage manager, Kristen Harris.

Performer (note)

Fantasia (as Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Darlesia Cearcy, Krisha Marcano, Alton Fitzgerald White, Leilani N. Bryant, Teresa Stanley, Yolanda Wyns, Larry Marshall, LaKisha Jones, Shelby Braxton-Brooks, Deidra H. Brooks, LaTrisa A. Coleman, Ruby E. Crawford, Bobby Daye, Doug Eskew, LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Guy Fortt, Montego Glover, Charles Gray, Gavin Gregory, Stephanie Guiland-Brown, Todrick D. Hall, James Harkness, Francesca Harper, Chauncey Jenkins, Ashley Reneé Jordan, Kenya Unique Massey, Marla McReynolds, Jenny Mollet, JC Montgomery, Angela Robinson, Levensky Smith, Ricky Smith, Jamal Story.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Broadway Theatre, New York, N.Y., Jan. 2, 2008.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Color Purple, LLC.

Call Number

NCOV 3392

OCLC

214380769

Title

The color purple [videorecording] / Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders, Roy Furman, Quincy Jones, Creative Battery, Anna Fantaci & Cheryl Lachowicz, Independent Presenters Network, David Lowy, Stephanie P. McClelland, Gary Winnick, Jan Kallish, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Bob & Harvey Weinstein, Andrew Asnes & Adam Zotovich, Todd Johnson, present ; based upon the novel written by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment motion picture ; [screenplay by Menno Meyjes] ; book by Marsha Norman ; music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray ; choreographed by Donald Byrd ; directed by Gary Griffin ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Imprint

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Scenic design, John Lee Beatty ; costume design, Paul Tazewell ; lighting design, Brian MacDevitt ; sound design, Jon Weston ; orchestrations, Jonathan Tunick ; music supervisor & incidental music arrangements, Kevin Stites ; music director, Linda Twine ; dance music arrangements, Daryl Waters ; company manager, Tony Magner ; production managers, Arthur Siccardi and Patrick Sullivan ; prod. stage manager, Kristen Harris.

Cast

Fantasia (as Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Darlesia Cearcy, Krisha Marcano, Alton Fitzgerald White, Leilani N. Bryant, Teresa Stanley, Yolanda Wyns, Larry Marshall, LaKisha Jones, Shelby Braxton-Brooks, Deidra H. Brooks, LaTrisa A. Coleman, Ruby E. Crawford, Bobby Daye, Doug Eskew, LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Guy Fortt, Montego Glover, Charles Gray, Gavin Gregory, Stephanie Guiland-Brown, Todrick D. Hall, James Harkness, Francesca Harper, Chauncey Jenkins, Ashley Reneé Jordan, Kenya Unique Massey, Marla McReynolds, Jenny Mollet, JC Montgomery, Angela Robinson, Levensky Smith, Ricky Smith, Jamal Story.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Broadway Theatre, New York, N.Y., Jan. 2, 2008.

Funding

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Color Purple, LLC.

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Added Author

Winfrey, Oprah, producer.

Sanders, Scott, 1957- producer.

Furman, Roy, producer.

Jones, Quincy, 1933- producer.

Fantaci, Anna, producer.

Lachowicz, Cheryl, producer.

Lowy, David, producer.

McClelland, Stephanie, producer.

Winnick, Gary, producer.

Kallish, Jan, producer.

Weinstein, Bob, 1954- producer.

Weinstein, Harvey, 1952- producer.

Asnes, Andrew, producer.

Zotovich, Adam, producer.

Johnson, Todd, producer.

Russell, Brenda. Color purple.

Russell, Brenda, lyricist.

Willis, Allee, composer.

Willis, Allee, lyricist.

Bray, Stephen, composer.

Bray, Stephen, lyricist.

Norman, Marsha, librettist.

Walker, Alice, 1944-

Meyjes, Menno.

Byrd, Donald, 1949- choreographer.

Griffin, Gary, director.

Beatty, John Lee, 1948- set designer.

Tazewell, Paul, costume designer.

MacDevitt, Brian, lighting designer.

Weston, Jon, sound designer.

Tunick, Jonathan, orchestrations.

Stites, Kevin, arranger of music.

Twine, Linda, conductor.

Waters, Daryl, arranger of music.

Magner, Tony, company manager.

Siccardi, Arthur, production personnel.

Sullivan, Patrick, production personnel.

Harris, Kristen, production stage manager.

Fantasia, 1984- performer.

Withers-Mendes, Elisabeth, performer.

Williams, NaTasha Yvette, performer.

Shepherd, Chaz Lamar, 1977- performer.

Cearcy, Darlesia, performer.

Marcano, Krisha, performer.

White, Alton Fitzgerald, performer.

Bryant, Leilani N., performer.

Stanley, Teresa, performer.

Wyns, Yolanda, performer.

Marshall, Larry (Tenor), performer.

Jones, LaKisha, performer.

Braxton-Brooks, Shelby, performer.

Brooks, Deidra H., performer.

Coleman, LaTrisa, performer.

Crawford, Ruby E., performer.

Daye, Bobby, performer.

Eskew, Doug, performer.

Fisher-Wilson, LaVon, performer.

Fortt, Guy, performer.

Glover, Montego, performer.

Gray, Charles, performer.

Gregory, Gavin, performer.

Guiland, Stephanie, performer.

Hall, Todrick D., performer.

Harkness, James, performer.

Harper, Francesca, performer.

Jenkins, Chauncey, performer.

Jordan, Ashley Reneé, performer.

Massey, Kenya, performer.

McReynolds, Marla, performer.

Mollet, Jenny, performer.

Montgomery, J. C., performer.

Robinson, Angela, performer.

Smith, Levensky, performer.

Smith, Ricky, performer.

Story, Jamal, performer.

Stucker, Richard, videographer.

Hoffman, Patrick.

Scott Sanders Productions, producers.

Creative Battery (Firm)

Independent Presenters Network, producer.

Nederlander Organization, producer.

Warner Bros.

Amblin Entertainment (Firm)

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research Call Number

NCOV 3392

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