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

[sanda]

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

she deserves a better show than this.

[somethingwicked]

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

[somethingwicked]

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

Cynthia Erivo singing "I'm Here."

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

[Kad]

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

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

[NewYorkPulse24]

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

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

[Robbie2]

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

Possibly @ the Rodgers?

[gstrus2]

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

Rodgers is a Nederlander, its going into a Shubert.

[Robbie2]

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

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

[Jonwo]

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

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

[somethingwicked]

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/

[DaveyG]

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]

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

[Phantom of London]

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

Or Cort, Belasco and Lycumn.

[broadwayfreak4]

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

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

[Robbie2]

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

[The Distinctive Baritone]

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]

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]

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

I think the Schoenfeld would be perfect.

[broadwayboy223]

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]

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]

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

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

[adamgreer]

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

Jenny Holliday is available for Sophia...

[IloveBroadwAY3]

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

She does know she is a big movie star right?

[GlindatheGood22]

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.)

[somethingwicked]

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.