. >> all right, stacey tisdale, >> always great to talk to you. >> still ahead, celebrating the holidays at the apollo with the world premiere, the harlem based musical, "the first noel." >> and the things that you >> holidays at the apollo is essentially a month-long series designed to celebrate culture and music and family and community. kicking off the season this year, a world premiere. the classical theatre of harlem is presenting "the first noel," a harlem based holiday musical. take a look. >> change >> i remember >> life happens >> i remember >> and the things that you knew your whole life long >> in my heart >> go and change >> i remember >> life happens >> i remember >> in the blink of an eye >> and it's a memory >> yesterday's gone >> and make us do it all >> and you have to move o-o-o-o-o-o-n >> well, joining us now is the the classical theatre of harlem, ty jones, and actress lizan mitchell. thank you both for being here this afternoon. >> thank you. >> what the -- what better way to celebrate the holiday in new york city than to make a trip to the apollo? and this seems to

abuse -- and one of the big reasons, in fact, that victims will stay in these joining me now is stacey tisdale. she is the senior editor of personal finances for black enterprise and author of the article "the financial chains that bind: victims of domestic violence." thank you so much, stacey... >> thank you so much, sandra. >> ...for lending us your expertise this afternoon. explain to folks what we mean when we talk about financial abuse. >> financial abuse is really when a perpetrator holds a victim in a relationship, in an abusive situation, by withholding their economic security, essentially. and so many people fail to make the link that there's a financial component to domestic abuse. in fact, the allstate foundation did a poll that found that 75% of americans didn't make any connection between financial abuse and domestic abuse, yet financial abuse is present in just about 100% of domestic-abuse cases. >> and when you talk about financial abuse, it really can take several different forms within the context of a let's talk about some of those. >> you can have a perpetrator with whole ac