and jennifer holliday. the creating of the show came out of improv. all of these other women, we worked together to create the show. >> i was the third girl. i was like the mary wilson character. it was always between and the other character. it was loosely based on the supremes. it was the real relationship that was supposed to have happened in real life between those characters. i was the third girl out. i had a master's in fine arts. what i went to new york and started. tavis: were you depressed about that? a despondent? how did you navigate your way through that? >> i think michael was more upset about it that i was. he got me an agent. i was the only one not nominated for a tony. that was a devastating time for me. i remember crying at not being able to deal with that very well. i was still working, i had worked for years before. i come from a family with a very strong work ethic. he let go of that and you keep going. i got a show at radio city music hall where i got to be the star of the thing for the whole summer. i realize how hard that was. i