LaCHANZE The Color Purple

LaChanze won a Tony for creating the role of Celie in the original 2005 Broadway production of "The Color Purple" (here with Elisabeth Withers-Mendes, at a Broadway preview). In June 2023, LaChanze won two more Tonys, this time as a producer. See LaChanze in "Ragtime" at • RAGTIME LaChanze ; in "Once on This Island" at • ONCE ON THIS ISLAND T... ; in "The Wiz" at • THE WIZ 2009

[@anxiousartist5545]

I love how respectfully quiet this audience is until the end of the song

[@sarahb-rh9dd]

Well when your being taken to church and you feel the spirit you can't but to holler and celebrate like with the ms fantssia

[@christopherludwig5886]

I love how she interprets “I’mmmmmmm gonna flirt with somebody!”

[@vyronh.5595]

The facial expressions, the voice… 😭 I’m in awe

[@cadmarbusinesssuite9155]

I never knew LaChanze was the original Celie. My goodness, the acting is incredible. I love what she brought to this role and boy she can really sing. Wow! She obviously is a tenured actor. The acting just brought something so special and how it allowed the song to breathe.

[@coasterjudge]

Wow! I love how quietly she sings "and I'm Here." there's a quiet confidence in this. Instead of telling the world, she's telling herself, "I exist, I love myself, and that's all I need."

[@djramshead]

my heart hurts everyday that no one brought me to see this musical when it debuted - and doubly more so mad that these shows aren’t readily available to order on demand in this world of streaming services!

[@bernieappugliese2029]

Had the absolute pleasure to see her as Ti Moune in the original cast of "Once On This Island" and I was hooked for life! She's an amazing artist and an award winning producer now! Go LaChanze!!

[@bernieappugliese2029]

@AdamEfimoff Of course. And if I'm correct, she was working on this show and Dessa Rose at the same time. That performance won her awards as well. And she's marvelous on that recording!

[@douglasduff4466]

Amazing innthe Original production of Once On This Island.

[@hippyfriend]

I adore the way she delivers "to the folks that I'm close to" at 2:41

[@christopherbush9027]

She had quite the night on Sunday!

[@wickedwizard5377]

My goodness, she sang the ending for you

[@xoffender45]

How nice to not hear the audience making it about them when she sings "I'm beautiful"

[@danieltice3428]

stunning

[@marchandtpinkney5085]

Beautiful voice and performance ❤️

[@willrucker8352]

My favorite flirty shoulders 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@sonyapetty9942]

Beautiful performance!

[@johni0666]

The woman is a goddess ❤❤❤

[@iago07]

This was a preview so many didn’t know what she was gonna sing… that’s why there’s not as much clapping in the middle I think

[@ryebread9299]

👑

[@sarahb-rh9dd]

can you get more of the original and more of Tasia and Angie(Fantasia and Angela)🥰🙌🏿😍. oh and Tasia & Elizabeth😍🙌🏿

[@csh]

LaChanze was the original Celie; Cynthia Erivo was the revival Celie- Fantasia was a replacement for LaChanze.

[@sarahb-rh9dd]

@@csh girl I know what I meant no one asked you

[@Im.Intelligence]

@@csh𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭?