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The color purple

Title: The color purple [videorecording] / Scott Sanders Productions, Roy Furman, Oprah Winfrey, David Babani, Tom Siracusa, Caiola Productions, James Fantaci, Ted Liebowitz, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, Darren Bagert, Candy Spelling, Adam Zotovich, Eric Falkenstein/Morris Berchard, Just for Laughs Theatricals/Tanya Link Productions, Adam S. Gordon, Jam Theatricals, Kelsey Grammer, Independent Presenters Network, Carol Fineman, Sandy Block, Quincy Jones, present the Menier Chocolate Factory production ; music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray ; book by Marsha Norman ; based upon the novel written by Alice Walker, and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment motion picture ; [screenplay by Menno Meyjes] ; direction and musical staging, John Doyle ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Publication: New York, c2016.

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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 4125 Videodiscs 1 and 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (120 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects

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. Two videorecordings of the original Broadway production of this show, one taped in 2006 and the other in 2008, are available on NCOV 3219 and NCOV 3392, respectively.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Set design, John Doyle ; costume design, Ann Hould-Ward ; lighting design, Jane Cox ; sound design, Gregory Clarke ; music director/conductor, Jason Michael Webb ; orchestrations, Joseph Joubert ; additional orchestrations, Catherine Jayes ; company manager, Doug Gaeta ; prod. stage manager, Matt DiCarlo.

Performer (note)

Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Holliday, Danielle Brooks, Isaiah Johnson, Kyle Scatliffe, Jennie Harney, Phoenix Best, Angela Birchett, Dwayne Clark, Lawrence Clayton, Carrie Compere, Patrice Covington, J. Daughtry, Adrianna Hicks, Bre Jackson, Grasan Kingsberry, Kevin Mambo, Ken Robinson, Antoine L. Smith, Carla R. Stewart, Akron Watson, Rema Webb.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York, N.Y., Nov. 9, 2016.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Call Number

NCOV 4125

OCLC

967941187

Title

The color purple [videorecording] / Scott Sanders Productions, Roy Furman, Oprah Winfrey, David Babani, Tom Siracusa, Caiola Productions, James Fantaci, Ted Liebowitz, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, Darren Bagert, Candy Spelling, Adam Zotovich, Eric Falkenstein/Morris Berchard, Just for Laughs Theatricals/Tanya Link Productions, Adam S. Gordon, Jam Theatricals, Kelsey Grammer, Independent Presenters Network, Carol Fineman, Sandy Block, Quincy Jones, present the Menier Chocolate Factory production ; music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray ; book by Marsha Norman ; based upon the novel written by Alice Walker, and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment motion picture ; [screenplay by Menno Meyjes] ; direction and musical staging, John Doyle ; [video director] Stucker ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Imprint

New York, c2016.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Set design, John Doyle ; costume design, Ann Hould-Ward ; lighting design, Jane Cox ; sound design, Gregory Clarke ; music director/conductor, Jason Michael Webb ; orchestrations, Joseph Joubert ; additional orchestrations, Catherine Jayes ; company manager, Doug Gaeta ; prod. stage manager, Matt DiCarlo.

Cast

Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Holliday, Danielle Brooks, Isaiah Johnson, Kyle Scatliffe, Jennie Harney, Phoenix Best, Angela Birchett, Dwayne Clark, Lawrence Clayton, Carrie Compere, Patrice Covington, J. Daughtry, Adrianna Hicks, Bre Jackson, Grasan Kingsberry, Kevin Mambo, Ken Robinson, Antoine L. Smith, Carla R. Stewart, Akron Watson, Rema Webb.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York, N.Y., Nov. 9, 2016.

Funding

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

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Added Author

Sanders, Scott, 1957- producer.

Furman, Roy, producer.

Winfrey, Oprah, producer.

Babani, David, producer.

Siracusa, Tom, producer.

Fantaci, James, producer.

Liebowitz, Ted, producer.

McClelland, Stephanie, producer.

Nederlander, James L., producer.

Bagert, Darren, producer.

Spelling, Candy, producer.

Zotovich, Adam, producer.

Falkenstein, Eric, producer.

Berchard, Morris, producer.

Gordon, Adam S., producer.

Grammer, Kelsey, 1955- producer.

Fineman, Carol R., producer.

Block, Sandy, producer.

Jones, Quincy, 1933- producer.

Russell, Brenda. Color purple.

Russell, Brenda, composer.

Russell, Brenda, lyricist.

Willis, Allee, composer.

Willis, Allee, lyricist.

Bray, Stephen, composer.

Bray, Stephen, lyricist.

Norman, Marsha, librettist.

Walker, Alice, 1944-

Meyjes, Menno.

Doyle, John (Stage director)

Doyle, John (Stage director), choreographer.

Doyle, John (Stage director), set designer.

Hould-Ward, Ann, costume designer.

Cox, Jane, lighting designer.

Clarke, Gregory, sound designer.

Webb, Jason Michael, conductor.

Webb, Jason Michael, music director.

Joubert, Joseph, 1958- orchestrations.

Jayes, Catherine, orchestrations.

Gaeta, Doug, company manager.

DiCarlo, Matt, production stage manager.

Erivo, Cynthia, 1987- performer.

Holliday, Jennifer, performer.

Brooks, Danielle, performer.

Johnson, Isaiah, performer.

Scatliffe, Kyle, performer.

Harney, Jennie, performer.

Best, Phoenix, performer.

Birchett, Angela, performer.

Clark, Dwayne, performer.

Clayton, Lawrence, performer.

Compere, Carrie, performer.

Covington, Patrice, performer.

Daughtry, J., performer.

Hicks, Adrianna, performer.

Jackson, Bre, performer.

Kingsberry, Grasan, performer.

Mambo, Kevin, performer.

Robinson, Ken, performer.

Smith, Antoine L., performer.

Stewart, Carla R., performer.

Watson, Akron, performer.

Webb, Rema, performer.

Stucker, Richard, videographer.

Hoffman, Patrick.

Amblin Entertainment (Firm)

Warner Bros.

Menier Chocolate Factory, producer.

Independent Presenters Network, producer.

Jam Theatricals, producer.

Tanya Link Productions, producer.

Just for Laughs Theatricals, producer.

Caiola Productions, producer.

Scott Sanders Productions, producer.

Ford Foundation.

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

Research Call Number

NCOV 4125

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