Fantasia: “Purple” In Chicago
Theatre World Award winner Fantasia Barrino will continue with the national tour of the Tony-nominated musical The Color Purple when the production arrives in Chicago this September.
Producers of the national tour announced in March that Barrino would reprise her performance as Celie for The Color Purple’s summer engagement at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., June 30-Aug. 2. It has now been announced that the “American Idol” winner will remain with the tour for the Chicago run at the Arie Crown Theater, Sept. 2–13.
