Nearly 10 years after Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo co-starred in the Broadway production of The Color Purple, the powerhouse vocalists sang a soulful duet during a Wednesday episode of the Jennifer Hudson Show.

Cynthia Erivo acknowledges tensions with "The Color Purple" movie team who cast Fantasia Barrino: "That's a long, complicated conversation"

Erivo, 37, played Celie in the musical adaptation of The Color Purple, alongside Hudson's Shug Avery. The musical — penned by Marsha Norman based upon both the novel written by Alice Walker and the 1985 Steven Spielberg film — also starred Danielle Brooks as Sofia.

You probably remember that a film adaptation of The Color Purple — specifically, the smash Broadway musical that was based on Alice Walker's 1982 book — came out last year. The star-studded cast included former American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino,

Cynthia Erivo recently visited The Jennifer Hudson Sho and the two powerhouses came together to deliver a performance of Celie and Shug's song “What About Love?” from The Color Purple. They also reflected on their time in that production,