Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls Set for Box Office Gold

Lionsgate announced last week that it will release Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls” on Nov. 5th, positioning the film for year-end awards consideration. Based on the critically acclaimed play by Ntozake Shange titled “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf,” Perry’s adaptation looks poised to become a box office hit. “It’s a serious film that really lends itself to the fall period,” said Lionsgate distributor David Spitz.

Perry’s adaptation is described by the studio as a poetic exploration of what is to be of color and a female in this world. But for the uninitiated, the play “For Colored Girls” consists of a series of 20 poems performed by a cast of seven women characters, each of whom is known only by a color: “Lady in Yellow,” “Lady in Purple,” and so on. Tackling issues of love, abandonment, rape, and abortion, embodied by each woman’s story, the play drives home the power of womanhood.

“For Colored Girls” features an A-list cast of talented Hollywood ladies, including Thandie Newton, Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson and Macy Gray.

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