Opening Night
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Curtains up! Oprah arrives on the celebrity-packed red carpet for opening night of the The Color Purple!
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After Oprah made a guest appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, Dave personally escorted her down the street to the Broadway Theatre for the big premiere!
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Gayle King works her way through the star-studded crowd that included Sidney Poitier, Cicely Tyson, Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Foxx, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Donald Trump!
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Author Alice Walker, whose rich and powerful storytelling made the night
possible, arrives at the theater to see the musical transformation of her
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Published 01/01/2006