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Broadway Theatre - New York, NY
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Mister's son, Harpo, grows up and soon brings home Sofia, a proud and strong-willed woman ("Dear God - Sofia") The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace whom he loves and later marries. But eventually, Harpo tires of being bossed around by Sofia. Mister tells him The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace he has to beat Sofia if he wants her to mind. Even Celie, who has endured such abuse from Mister, agrees this The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace is the only way to make a woman "jump when he says to." But Sofia gives as good as she gets ("A Tree Named The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace Sofia"), and is victorious in beating Harpo instead. Angered by Celie's suggestion, she confronts her ("Hell The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace No!"), but her anger subsides when Sofia realizes how much Celie has suffered from Mister's cruelty. Not long after that, Sofia's sisters arrive to take her away. Sofia tries to convince Celie to come with her, but she The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace declines. Left alone, Harpo turns his home into a juke joint and hires a new waitress, Squeak, to work there The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace ("Brown Betty"). Love-stricken, Squeak soon moves in with Harpo.

The whole town prepares for the arrival of Shug Avery, a sexy singer who is Mister's longtime lover ("Shug The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace Avery Comin' to Town"). But when Shug arrives, she is in such bad shape that in spite of local disapproval ("All We've Got to Say"), Mister brings her home where Celie nurses her back to health ("Dear God - Shug"). As The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace Celie takes care of Shug, she begins to experience feelings of affection and tenderness for the first time, as The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace Shug befriends her ("Too Beautiful for Words"). When Shug sings at Harpo's Juke Joint ("Push Da Button"), The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace Sofia returns with her new boyfriend and gets into a fight with Squeak ("Uh Oh!"). In Mister's house, Shug and The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace Celie explore their newfound love for each other ("What About Love?"). Shug gives Celie a letter she found The Color Purple Chicago tickets Cadillac Palace from "someone in Africa, goin' by the stamps." Celie recognizes Nettie's handwriting and knows instantly that her beloved sister is alive.

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