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Author Message   Yvettep AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Yvettep Post Number: 2364 Registered: 01-2005 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 05:50 pm:        Gloria Naylor's 1982 debut novel, The Women of Brewster Place, is now a musical. The story is about how a series of misfortunes, wrong turns and hard choices unites a group of black women. Director Molly Smith and actress Tina Fabrique talk about how they chose to make this story, with its baggage of tough topics and stereotypes, into a musical. Listen: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15393016&ft=1&f=46   Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 10354 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 11:38 pm:        It's a wonder Oprah didn't think of this first since she produced the TV movie of this book. She could've have another Color Purple.