From 2007 to 2008, Fantasia played Celie in The Color Purple on Broadway, earning an Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance. In 2008, Barrino-Taylor spoke on her experience playing Celie ...
Fantasia Barrino brought the 55th NAACP Image Awards ... else logistically because she wasn’t nominated for her work as Celie in The Color Purple at most of the other shows, but also spiritually ...
With an abusive father, the only person who 14-year-old Celie cares for and loves is her younger sister Nettie. Then Celie is married off to Albert Johnson, a brutal, uncaring man. After an ...