The Plaza debuts series with ‘The Color Purple’

PUTNAM COUNTY
  • Rashawd Ford will make his directorial debut late this month at The Plaza in a musical version of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” IAN TOCHER/Staff
    Rashawd Ford will make his directorial debut late this month at The Plaza in a musical version of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” IAN TOCHER/Staff

    Surprisingly, beyond a pair of screenings of “The Color Purple” movie starring Whoopie Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey in January 1986 at The Pex Theater, the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece by Eatonton’s own Alice Walker has never been publicly performed here.

    That’s about to change, as a live, musical version of “The Color Purple” will be on stage Feb. 22-23 and Feb. 27-March 1, mark…