today at ‘the color purple’ matinee curtain call there was a momentary lull while they were singing the last part of the finale as a kind of encore, right after cynthia erivo sang her first line. and then suddenly someone in the front row shouted “YEAH SING IT TONY WINNER!”
and radiant, beautiful, gracious cynthia erivo had to stop and take a breath because she was so overwhelmed by the sudden applause that she started laughing and crying at the same time. the cast gathered around her to support her as she sang the last lines. anyway the point is cynthia erivo is the closest thing we will ever get to a real angel
