advertisement 12-26-2023 DESIGN How ‘The Color Purple’ brought the inner world of its characters to life The classic novel ‘The Color Purple’ has gotten the Broadway and Spielberg treatment.

ESSENCE revealed its November/December 2023 Holiday issue on Tuesday (Oct. 17) with the women of the new Color Purple musical remake—Fantasia, Oprah Winfrey, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson ...