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It's been nearly 45 years since Sheryl Lee Ralph starred in "Dreamgirls" on Broadway, but the experience left a lasting impact on her.

In a new episode of Hoda Kotb's "Making Space" podcast , the former TODAY co-anchor sits down with the actor and singer and asks how the role impacted Ralph's life.

“It changed everything for me, because first of all, what happened was there were so many little 9- and 10-year-old girls, little Black girls, in the audience (going to) their first musical. They look up onstage, and they’re looking at me, and Loretta (Devine) and Debbie (Burrell), and they’re like, ‘We’ve never seen anything like this,’” she

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