The Color Purple

tHE gOODMAN tHEATRE | cHICAGO, il

BUSTER; MISTER U/S

June 21-August 10, 2025

It’s a celebration of life, hope and the healing power of love! The musical stage adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning novel is a heart-rending, yet ultimately joyous, story of a young woman’s perilous journey of personal awakening in the American South. Come ready to shout in church, stomp at the juke joint, laugh and cry with unforgettable “come-to-glory gospel hymns, down-and-dirty bump-and-grinds, jazz that stutters, dips and dives, and gorgeous alto arias” (Chicago Sun-Times).

Following appearances in concert and the 2021 gala with Heather Headley, this production marks Curtis’ stage debut at the Goodman Theatre.