We know it's hard out there for a talented Black actress to nab a role, much less a good one. So when creative titan Tyler Perry's announced that he's producing and directing a big screen adaptation of the hit 1976 Broadway play "For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf," it was like an early Christmas gift (and refund check) in September.

Now IMDB.com, the movie industry's go-to Web site, has got tongues wagging with a rumored early list of actresses cast for Tyler Perry's forthcoming big screen adaptation of "For Colored Girls" including Oprah Winfrey, Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, Jill Scott, Alfre Woodard, and Lynn Whitfield. Emmy Award-winning actresses Whitfield and Woodard made their television debuts in an acclaimed 1982 PBS production of the play, which also featured original cast member Trazana Beverely, reprising her 1977 Tony Award-winning role as the Lady in Red.--P.H.B.