Dear Listeners, join us this week to chat about a 2015 revival that is too beautiful for words, "The Color Purple," starring Cynthia Erivo, Danielle Brooks and Jennifer Hudson. Alex and Daisha will be discussing how dynamic this revival is, the original production, and the intersections of oppression that the resilient, brave, and endlessly charming characters endure in the story. We will also be discussing the novel and movie adaptation. This is our last episode in our Black History Month season, but we are NOT done unpacking the elephants in the musical theatre room. Thank you for tuning in every week this month as we say "hell no" to oppression! Podcast cover art: David Taylor Twitter: @bwaybabies Facebook: Facebook.com/broadwaybabiespodcast Cast recording: Amazon | iTunes Songs "Our Prayer" (performed by Cynthia Erivo and Joaquina Kalukango) "Hell No!" (by Danielle Brooks) "Push Da Button" (by Jennifer Hudson) "I'm Here" (by Cynthia Erivo) Music and lyrics by Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell and Allee Willis. Show Notes Cynthia Erivo’s performance of “I’m Here” on the Late Show with appropriate #mood clips of Oprah spliced in there Here’s Whoopi Goldberg herself talking on OWN about how she got the role of Celie in the film version Alex was wrong, it was a performance of the title song that won the cast a Daytime Emmy on the “Today Show” Here is the Pyramid of White Supremacy Daisha spoke about at the end of the episode. Here's the original source material we highly recommend reading. The pyramid was brought into media spotlight when Erin Stutelberg. A professor at Salisbury University for the class “Diversity and the Self,” which is a required course for all Elementary Education majors.