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Tag: The Color Purple

Alton Fitzgerald White – How the Lion King was Healed

Alton Fitzgerald White – How the Lion King was Healed

Imagine having the distinction of playing one of our culture’s most identifiable great fathers over a record-breaking 11 years when the experience with your own father was that of an emotionally distant alcoholic.  That is precisely what Alton Fitzgerald White has done, having played Mufasa […]

Kenita Miller – The Human Heart

Kenita Miller – The Human Heart

To witness Kenita Miller in performance is to experience someone speaking to your soul. She sings with a purity of emotion that breaks past your rib cage, straight to holding your heart with her voice. Watch Miller sing “Ti Moune” in her current role as […]

Darnell Abraham – Divine Appointment

Darnell Abraham – Divine Appointment

There are moments when the full power of a musical is amplified and lifted beyond its prior potential by the events occurring outside of the theater walls. I witnessed such a moment this past summer during a stellar production of Ragtime when hatred and violence […]