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    NEW YORK, NY – MAY 10: Cynthia Erivo takes her curtain call at “The Color Purple” on Broadway at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on May 10, 2016 in New York City. Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic
    Kelley D. Evans By @kelleysthrngrl

    If you’re looking for any extra motivation to dominate your workweek, look no further. Actress Cynthia Erivo, who stars as Celie in The Color Purple on Broadway, completed the 2016 Airbnb Brooklyn Half on Saturday.

    Erivo is a talented actress, who apparently also has incredible endurance. The Tony Award-nominated actress later took the stage to perform in not one, but two Broadway shows.

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    Kelley Evans is a digital producer at Andscape. She is a food passionista, helicopter mom and an unapologetic Southerner who spends every night with the cast of The Young and the Restless by way of her couch.

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