Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming "Color Purple" Revival?- Page 2

[sanda]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #25

Posted: 1/9/15 at 3:31pm

she deserves a better show than this.

[somethingwicked]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #26

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:12pm

The producers just confirmed Hudson's casting but, shockingly, she will be playing Shug, not Celie.

I wonder if this means they'll bring Cynthia Erivo over from London to play Celie? She got rave reviews and was really, really incredible.

http://playbill.com/news/article/updated-jennifer-hudson-will-make-broadway-debut-in-color-purple-revival-338874

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[somethingwicked]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #27

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:14pm

Cynthia Erivo singing "I'm Here."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbvaQaB5JfM

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[Kad]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #28

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:20pm

Nothing Hudson has done has made me think she is a very good actress.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[NewYorkPulse24]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #29

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:33pm

its been officially updated!
Jennifer Hudson will be Shug Avery!! What a surprise!

[Robbie2]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #30

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:36pm

Possibly @ the Rodgers?

"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new." Sunday in the Park with George

[gstrus2]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #31

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:37pm

Rodgers is a Nederlander, its going into a Shubert.

[Robbie2]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #32

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:43pm

^ true as the producer Sanders has a relationship with them as the original was at the Broadway

"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new." Sunday in the Park with George

[Jonwo]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #33

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:44pm

The Music Box would be good but any of the smaller Shubert theatres would be fine.

[somethingwicked]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #34

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:47pm

Entertainment Weekly confirms the producers are rumored to be exploring bringing Erivo over.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2015/01/09/jennifer-hudson-to-make-broadway-debut-as-shug-avery-in-the-color-purple-revival/

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[DaveyG]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #35

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:48pm

I assume she's taking a supporting role so she has a stronger shot at winning that Tony…

[Robbie2]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #36

Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:58pm

The Music Box would be good but any of the smaller Shubert theatres would be fine.

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Schoenfeld or Jacobs

"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new." Sunday in the Park with George

[Phantom of London]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #37

Posted: 1/9/15 at 6:07pm

Or Cort, Belasco and Lycumn.

[broadwayfreak4]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #38

Posted: 1/9/15 at 6:11pm

Who is going to play Celie?... Tituss Burgess?

[Robbie2]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #39

Posted: 1/9/15 at 6:14pm

^ true but the location on 45th St west of Broadway is prime real estate so likely the Jacobs, Schoenfeld or Music Box as first choice

"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new." Sunday in the Park with George

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #40

Posted: 1/9/15 at 6:26pm

Wait, she's not playing Celie? How would that even work in terms of billing?


Unknown British Actress
AND JENNIFER HUDSON!!!!!
in
THE COLOR PURPLE


Weird.

Updated On: 1/9/15 at 06:26 PM

[South Fl Marc]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #41

Posted: 1/9/15 at 7:00pm

I didn't mind the show, it was the audience that treated it like a revival meeting that I hated.

[ACL2006]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #42

Posted: 1/9/15 at 7:47pm

I think the Schoenfeld would be perfect.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[broadwayboy223]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #43

Posted: 1/9/15 at 8:26pm

This article says she's Celie http://www.playbill.com/news/article/watch-broadway-bound-jennifer-hudson-belt-im-here-from-the-color-purple-video-338877

[Susanswerphone]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #44

Posted: 1/9/15 at 8:41pm

Doesn't matter which role she plays. It's too soon for a revival of this God-awful show.

[somethingwicked]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #45

Posted: 1/9/15 at 8:42pm

broadwayboy223, that was posted before the official press release went out.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[adamgreer]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #46

Posted: 1/9/15 at 8:53pm

Jenny Holliday is available for Sophia...

[IloveBroadwAY3]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #47

Posted: 1/9/15 at 9:11pm

She does know she is a big movie star right?

[GlindatheGood22]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #48

Posted: 1/9/15 at 9:39pm

How bizarre. My computer has a virus and for a second I really thought this was some weird manifestation of it. I feel like if she wanted to come to Broadway it would have made more sense for it to be Dreamgirls. (Or Caroline, or Change in the Broadway that exists in my head, where Side Show and the Ragtime revival are still playing.)

I know you. I know you. I know you.

[somethingwicked]

Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming #49

Posted: 1/9/15 at 9:43pm

Shug may be a supporting role, but it's a very big one (and a flashy one at that). She has three solos and a huge duet that ends the first act. That's more material than the leads in a lot of shows have.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.