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Following the musical path of 'The Color Purple'

Angela Robinson stars as Shug Avery in ''The Color Purple,'' coming to the Citi Wang Theatre. Angela Robinson stars as Shug Avery in ''The Color Purple,'' coming to the Citi Wang Theatre. (Paul Kolnik)
By Joel Brown
Globe Correspondent / June 12, 2009

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Next week, the first North American tour of "The Color Purple" rolls into the Citi Wang Theatre. The musical, which ran for more than two years on Broadway, was nominated for 11 Tony Awards. And it all started with a counterintuitive brainstorm that Broadway and Hollywood producer Scott Sanders had back in 1997. (Full article: 893 words)

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