Article: Broadway gold turns the Fox Theatre 'The Color Purple'

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Between the Lines
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May 15, 2008
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Tony Award-winner makes Detroit debut with former 'American Idol' contestant

The Color Purple'

Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit. May 20-June 1. Tickets: $39.50-$75. 313-471-6611, www.olympiaentertainment.com

DETROIT - It began with a buzz and a big name on the marquee. Oprah Winfrey had signed on as a presenting producer, and, with a little help from a long-standing feud with David Letterman - in a much-publicized stunt, they buried the hatchet on the show's opening night - 'The Color Purple" came to Broadway with a flurry of attention. For three years, the show played to packed houses of enthusiastic audiences, and now it's hit the road, rolling into Detroit's Fox Theatre for 16 ...

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