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The Partnership: From The Boards To The Soundstage, Fantasia Barrino And Danielle Brooks Have Formed A Bond In ‘The Color Purple’
The sisterhood between Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks began on Broadway. That is, the sisterhood of the order of The Color Purple. Both women starred on stage in the musical adaptation of Ali…
Barrino spent 10 months in 2007 playing Celie, the poor country girl who survives an abusive step-father and husband and realizes her worth. DEADLINE: Fantasia, watching the video of your first audition for American Idol, I was struck by how you stood there and sang unaccompanied in front of those three judges without seeming nervous. BROOKS: I think that’s the beauty of — which I don’t enjoy — but Blitz having auditioned us for so long, when he finally made his decision on his cast, he was able to fully trust us to do our thing.
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