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![THE COLOR PURPLE. ORIGINAL: Oprah Winfrey helps turn Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker into a movie. MUSICAL: Broadway run closes after Fantasia Barrino leaves the cast (the actress LaChanze [second from left] originated the role).](http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/04/85/10/slideshow_510854_THE_COLOR_PURPLE_4.JPG)
THE COLOR PURPLE. ORIGINAL: Oprah Winfrey helps turn Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker into a movie. MUSICAL: Broadway run closes after Fantasia Barrino leaves the cast (the actress LaChanze [second from left] originated the role). Paul Kolnik / Barlow Hartman Public Relations
