Jennifer Hudson in Upcoming "Color Purple" Revival? — Page 2
#27
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
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.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#28
Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:14pm
Cynthia Erivo singing "I'm Here."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbvaQaB5JfM
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.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#29
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."
#30
Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:33pm
its been officially updated!
Jennifer Hudson will be Shug Avery!! What a surprise!
Jennifer Hudson will be Shug Avery!! What a surprise!
#31
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
#32
Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:37pm
Rodgers is a Nederlander, its going into a Shubert.
#33
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
#34
Posted: 1/9/15 at 5:44pm
The Music Box would be good but any of the smaller Shubert theatres would be fine.
#35
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/
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.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#36
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…
#37
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
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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
#39
Posted: 1/9/15 at 6:11pm
Who is going to play Celie?... Tituss Burgess?
#40
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
#41
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.
Unknown British Actress
AND JENNIFER HUDSON!!!!!
in
THE COLOR PURPLE
Weird.
Updated On: 1/9/15 at 06:26 PM
#42
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.
#43
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.
#44
Posted: 1/9/15 at 8:26pm
#45
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.
#46
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.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#48
Posted: 1/9/15 at 9:11pm
She does know she is a big movie star right?
#49
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.)
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#50
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.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
