Bailey Lawson performs as Celie in a scene from The Color Purple musical, the moment her sister Nettie returns safely. The performance weaves together gratitude and spiritual revelation through poetic monologues that capture the show's emotional core.
Steven Spielberg film by the same name, the show The Color Purple was a huge hit on Broadway in 2005. The show is currently playing on Broadway in a 2015 revival with Jennifer Hudson. In the song The Color Purple, Celie, played by Bailey Lawson, rejoices at the reunion of her younger sister Nettie. She sings to God, thanking him for her sister's safe return. And though Sealy is old, she believes this is the youngest she has ever felt. We now present Bailey Lawson and the entire MDT class with the color purple.
Dear trees, dear sky, dear peoples, dear everything, dear God. God is inside me and everyone else. That was or will be. I came to this world with God. And when I finally looked inside, I found it. God is the flowers and everything else. That was a revelation. And when you feel the truth so real, And when you look the way you feel, you found it here. Just as sure as moonlight blesses night, rising like the sun is the hope that sets us free. Make my body whole.
Let me share love like a blade of corn, like a honeybee, like a waterfall. All a part of me, like the color purple. Where did it come from? Now my heart Heart open. Look what God has done. It takes a grain of love to make a mighty tree. Even the smallest voice can make a harmony. Like a drop of water keeps a river high.
There are miracles for you and I don't think us real old at all. I think this is the youngest us ever felt.
