Dreamgirls is gearing up for its return to Broadway for the primary time in over 40 years. And for the primary time for the reason that producers of the upcoming musical—Sonia Friedman, Sue Wagner, and John Johnson—introduced the Tony Award–successful present’s return, the general public has acquired extra particulars in regards to the manufacturing.
At this time, Jennifer Hudson, who performed Effie within the 2006 “Dreamgirls” film adaptation, introduced that she’ll play a particular function within the musical’s 2026 revival.
“It’s no secret that my life modified 20 years in the past due to a little bit film you may need heard of referred to as ‘Dreamgirls,’” Hudson stated throughout her eponymous speak present. “I wouldn’t be sitting right here in the present day with out it and with out that life expertise and having the ability to play such a task within the undertaking ‘Dreamgirls’ and produce it to movie.”
“With that being stated, guys, this fall ‘Dreamgirls’ is coming again to Broadway for the primary time because it opened 45 years in the past in 1981, the 12 months that I used to be born, truly. Now it’s being re-imagined for an entire new era, which I’m so enthusiastic about. And now I lastly get to inform you that the shock is I’m a producer on the group for the revival of this iconic musical,” she added.
Hudson joins Friedman, Wagner, and Johnson, whereas LaChanze, who was initially onboard as a producer, has stepped away from the undertaking.
“I’m past honored to hitch the extraordinary producing group behind this particular, newly reimagined Broadway revival, and to assist convey ‘Dreamgirls’ again to the stage by way of the visionary path and choreography of Camille A. Brown. This fall can’t come quickly sufficient,” she concluded in a press release, per The Hollywood Reporter.
