19 Quotes by Scott Sanders

We're filming her show Nov. 8 and I think it airs Nov. 11.

We're just incorporating so many things into one event it's not just music, it's not just performance art.

We have to have a popular price for this show so that anyone who wants to see The Color Purple, regardless of their income level, can afford to come,

I didn't want to believe the 3.8 percent number published in the League's little research book. That wasn't the way we would sell this show. We deliberately went out and created a marketing plan that would appeal to audiences of all races, genders, ages - everyone.

Based on what Oprah has seen in rehearsals, she has been very enthusiastic about everything the show is doing creatively,

I don't want people to get the notion we're getting fat and happy. The budget is lean. It's more honest in where costs are being incurred and clearer on where the costs are.

We all have obstacles to overcome and while our life's journey may not be identical to Celie, I think that triumph over adversity and moving on and finding self-love and yourself and your voice is something that we all need to do. I didn't feel like it was a black story or a woman's story, I thought it was universal and always thought the story sang, that it had so much music in its soul.

What we are finding is that the people who are coming to New York keep telling us how much they wish their friends and families back home could experience what the audiences are experiencing ... on Broadway.

Read these for the characters and tales, yes, but above all for the language, which seems to rise from the very springs of invention.