STUDIO ARE STILL ZONED OUT AND
>> YES WE ARE!
>> NOT OF ATONEMEN
AWARD-WINNING REVIVAL OF THE
IT JUST HAD HIS OPENING NIGHT
AT THE FISHER THEATER.
BEST-SELLING NOVEL.
MANY MAY KNOW THE STORY FROM
WINFREY.
WHO PLAYED AVERY, AND ALSO FROM
>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU BUT.
>> I AM ALSO.
>> GREAT
SHOW.
>> WE ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME!
>> ,TO SEE US.
IT IS AN AMAZING STORY THAT
YOU WILL WALK OUT FEELING
SHAKING HANDS AND LOVING ON
[LAUGHTER]
>> YEAH, AND TO BE ABLE TO BE
HERE DETROIT TO TELL THE STORY
IS FULL CIRCLE FOR ME.
STORY IN.
EVERYONE WHO SEES IT.
THAT WE ARE LIVING IN.
THERE IS A MEME GOING AROUND ON
HOW IT LOOKED ON ELECTION DAY
2016 VERSUS HOW I LOOK NOW,
NIGHT AND DAY.
AWARE AND KNOW THAT THERE ARE
SO HOW DO YOU SEE THE SEAMS
BEING REFLECTED IN MODERN
TIMES?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT THIS
STORY IS SO DIRECT, I THINK
PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT CULTURALLY
BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT LIKE THEM, I THINK
THAT THIS STORY WILL HELP DO
THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY JOHN
IT, IT PULLS EVERYONE IN.
SO SEEING SOMEONE GOING FROM
THE LOW OF THE LOWS TO FULL
REDEMPTION, I THINK THAT THAT
SPEAKS TO ANY PERSON OR RACE OR
>> FOR ANYBODY WHO IS NOT SEEN
IT, GIVE THEM A BACKGROUND OF
YOUR CHARACTER, THE STORY LINE,
TO DRAW THEM IN.
>> WELL, I PLAY SHUG AVERY, THE
HER NAME IS ON THE LIVES OF
FOLLOWS DOUBLE HAVE b
>> NO, ITHIS MOVIE, WHOOPI
GOLDBERG PLAYS SEELEY.
SO THE STORY FOLLOWS HER LIFE,
AND JUST THE JOURNEY, TH
HAS, AND SHE IS BUILT UP BY THE
LADIES WHO ENTER INTO HER LIFE
BECAUSE GOD IS WORKING IN A
MYSTERIOUS WAY IN THIS MOENT.
SHOW SO SHE MISSED SHUG AVERY
WHO BUILDS HER UP, AND BY THE
END, SHE IS JUST bSHE IS A
WOMAN WHO WAS COME TO HERSELF
TO REALIZE I AM MORE THAN
I CAN DO THIS AND I OF HOPE AND
PEACE IN THEM VICTORIOUS.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU ADD TO THAT
>> WELL, THE ROLE I PLAY YOU
BOOK.
IT IS A DEVICE USED IN THEATER
CHORUS.
EVERYBODY KNOWS A CHURCH LADY
>> OH YEAH!
>> THEY GOSSIP AND PROVIDE THE
COMMENTARY TO PUSH THE STORY
ALONG, AND THEY KIND OF HELP
HAPPENING.
WE ARE A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE
COMEDIC RELIEF OF THE SHOW.
AND I OPENED THE SHOW, SO WE
START OFF IN CHURCH WHERE
EVERYTHING BEGINS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> BUT THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE WILL
DO, WHEN WE START THE SHOW.
WE LITERALLPULLED THEM RIGHT
ONTO THE STAGE WITH US.
QUIET!
>> I DON'T THINK YOU WILL HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH THAT IN DETROIT.
>> THIS IS THE BEST AUDIENCE WE
>> REALLY?
>>YOU KNOW, I AM JUST UP THE
[LAUGHTER]
>> ALL RIGHT, THE COLR PURPL
TODAY, THROUGH NOVEMBER 12.