Danielle Brooks Reveals Her Secret to Booking The Color Purple & Makes Some Interesting Balloon Animals

If Danielle Brooks asks if you want a balloon animal, you say “hell yes.” Brooks, who’s making her Broadway debut as Sofia in The Color Purple, stopped by Late Night to show off her clown skills to Seth Meyers. They’re…a sight to behold. The Orange is the New Black favorite also recalled her gutsy Color Purple audition for director John Doyle, in which she assured him he could stop looking after he saw her. As we all know, it worked, and she didn’t even have to make him a balloon mouse! Check out the clips below and catch Brooks at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.