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‘The Color Purple’ looks a bit faded at OCPAC

November 20th, 2008, 11:03 am · Post a Comment · posted by PAUL HODGINS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

“The Color Purple,” playing at the Orange County Performing Arts Center through the end of this month, isn’t my favorite musical adaptation of a popular novel, and the road show version looks a little less sharp now than when I saw it a year ago in L.A. Still, there are some terrific voices in this cast and a morally uplifting message — though the first act, full of spousal abuse and despair, is as grim as musicals get.

Read my review.

Read my interview with Jeannette Bayardelle, who stars as Celie.

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