PRE-BROADWAY
The Color Purple - 09/14/04 (Alliance Theatre - Atlanta, GA)LaChanze (Celie), Adriene Lenox (Shug Avery), Saycon Sengblogh (Nettie), Felicia P. Fields (Sofia),Kingsley Leggs (Mister), Brandon Victor Dixon (Harpo), Tatiana McConnoco (Young Celie)
BROADWAY
The Color Purple - 12/07/05 (Broadway)LaChanze (Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (Shug Avery), Felicia P Fields (Sofia), Lou Myers (Mister), Brandon Victor Dixon (Harpo), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Nettie)
The Color Purple - 03/15/06 (Broadway)Kenita R Miller* (Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (Shug Avery), Felicia P Fields (Sofia), Kingsley Leggs (Mister), Brandon Victor Dixon (Harpo), Darlesia Cearcy (Nettie)
The Color Purple - 2006 (Broadway)LaChanze (Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (Shug Avery), Felicia P Fields (Sofia), Lou Myers (Mister), Brandon Victor Dixon (Harpo), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Nettie), James Brown III (Bobby/Buster), JC Montgomery (Grady), Krisha Marcano (Squeak)Notes: Soundboard recording.
The Color Purple - 11/05/06 (Broadway)LaChanze (Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (Shug Avery), Felicia P Fields (Sofia), Kingsley Leggs (Mister), Brandon Victor Dixon (Harpo), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Nettie), James Brown III (Bobby/Buster), JC Montgomery (Grady), Krisha Marcano (Squeak), Lou Myers (Preacher / Ol' Mister)Notes: Soundboard recording. LaChanze's last performance.
The Color Purple - 02/16/07 (Broadway)Jeanette Bayerdelle (Celie), Elisabeth Withers-Mendes (Shug Avery)
The Color Purple - 04/17/07 (Broadway)Fantasia (Celie), Elisabeth Wither-Mendes (Shug Avery), NaTasha Yvette Williams (Sofia), JC Montgomerg* (Mister), Chaz Lamar Shepard (Harpo), Darlesia Cearey (Nettie), Kisha Marcano (Squeak)
The Color Purple - 02/24/08 (Broadway - Closing Performance)Zonya Love (Celie), Angela Robinson (Shug Avery), Chaka Kahn (Sofia), Alton Fitzgerald White (Mister), Bebe Winans (Harpo), Montego Glover (Nettie), JC Montgomery (Grady), Krisha Marcano (Squeak)
NATIONAL TOUR
The Color Purple - 08/03/07 (National Tour - Chicago, IL)Jeannette Bayardelle (Celie), Michelle Williams (Shug Avery), Felicia P Fields (Sofia), Rufus Bonds Jr (Mister), Stu James (Harpo), Stephanie St James (Squeak)
The Color Purple - 08/09/07 (National Tour - Chicago, IL)Jeannette Bayardelle (Celie), Michelle Williams (Shug Avery), Felicia P Fields (Sofia), Rufus Bonds Jr (Mister), Stu James (Harpo), Stephanie St James (Squeak)
The Color Purple - 07/05/08 (National Tour - Philadelphia, PA - Matinee)Jeannette Bayardelle (Celie), Angela Robinson (Shug Avery), Felicia P Fields (Sofia), Rufus Bonds Jr (Mister), Stu James (Harpo), Latonya Holmes* (Nettie), Dameka Hayes* (Squeak), Virginia Ann Woodruff (Church Lady / Darlene), Lynette Dupree (Church Lady / Jarene), Kimberly Ann Harris (Church Lady / Doris), Adam Wade (Ol' Mister)
BROADWAY REVIVAL
The Color Purple - 11/28/15 (Broadway Revival)Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Jennifer Hudson (Shug Avery), Danielle Brooks (Sofia), Isaiah Johnson (Mister), Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Joaquina Kalukango (Nettie)
The Color Purple - 07/14/16 (Broadway Revival)Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Heather Headley (Shug Avery), Carla R. Stewart* (Sofia), Ken Robinson* (Mister), Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Joaquina Kalukango (Nettie), Phoenix Best* (Olivia)
The Color Purple - 08/11/16 (Broadway Revival)Bre Jackson* (Celie), Heather Headley (Shug Avery), Danielle Brooks (Sofia), Isaiah Johnson (Mister), Grasan Kingsberry* (Harpo), Joaquina Kalukango (Nettie)
The Color Purple - 11/17/16 (Broadway Revival) [NOT FOR TRADE]Adrianna Hicks* (Celie), Rema Webb* (Shug Avery), Carrie Compere (Sofia), Nathaniel Stampley (Mister/Albert), Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Jennie Harney (Nettie), Angela Birchett* (Church Lady)
The Color Purple - 01/08/17 (Broadway Revival - Closing Performance)Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Jennifer Holliday (Shug Avery), Carrie Compere (Sofia), Nathaniel Stampley (Mister/Albert), Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Jennie Harney (Nettie)
The Color Purple - 06/13/18 (US Tour - Los Angeles, CA)Adrianna Hicks (Celie), Carla R Stewart (Shug Avery), Carrie Compere (Sofia), Gavin Gregory (Mister/Albert), J Daughtry (Harpo), N'Jameh Camara (Nettie)
OTHER PRODUCTIONS
The Color Purple - 07/19/13 (Menier Chocolate Factory, London)Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Nicola Hughes (Shug Avery), Sophia Nomvete (Sofia), Christopher Colquhoun (Mister), Adebayo Bolaji (Harpo), Abiona Omonua (Nettie), Gabriel Mokake (Adam), Marc Akinfolarin (Bobby/Buster), Ashley Campbell (Grady), Lakesha Cammock (Squeak), Ibinabo Jack (Olivia), Neil Reidman (Pa), Keisha T Fraser (Church Lady / Darlene), Jennifer Saayeng (Church Lady / Jarene), Samantha-Antoinette Smith (Church Lady / Doris), Leon Lopez (Preacher / Guard), Joe Speare (Ol' Mister)
The Color Purple - 11/16/14 (Chicago, IL)Tashika Benson (Celie), Nyfesha Miller (Shug Avery), Jennifer Holliday (Sofia), KC Lee (Mister), Todd Rasean (Harpo), Aerial Williams (Squeak), Sean Washington (Ol' Mister)
The Color Purple - 09/10/22 (Signature Theatre - Arlington, VA)Nova Y. Payton (Celie), Danielle J. Summons (Shug Avery), Frenchie Davis (Sofia), Torrey Linder (Mister), Solomon Parker III (Harpo), Kaiyla Gross (Nettie), Tẹmídayọ Amay (Squeak)