Jennifer Hudson is joining the producing team for Dreamgirls on Broadway.
Hudson joins the team of the revival after winning an Academy Award for her role as Effie White in the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls. The musical is planned for Broadway this fall, with direction and choreography by Camille A. Brown, choreographer of Hell’s Kitchen and the most recent Gypsy revival.
This marks the third Broadway producing credit for Hudson, who became an EGOT Award winner after joining the producing team for A Strange Loop, which won the 2022 Tony Award for best musical. She was also a producer on Smash last season.
“Twenty years ago, my life changed forever because of a film called Dreamgirls. Inspired by the iconic stage musical, I was given the opportunity of a lifetime to portray the one and only Effie White—a woman whose story and voice remain an ever-present force in my life. I am beyond honored to join the extraordinary producing team behind this special, newly reimagined Broadway revival, and to help bring Dreamgirls back to the stage through the visionary direction and choreography of Camille A. Brown. This fall cannot come soon enough,” Hudson said.
She joins producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Sue Wagner and John Johnson. LaChanze, a Broadway actor and producer, was initially announced as a member of the producing team in September 2025, but is no longer part of the production.
Exact dates, the theater and casting has not yet been announced for the production.
This will be the first major Broadway revival of the musical, which premiered on Broadway in 1981. The musical featured original direction and choreography by Michael Bennett, music by Henry Krieger and a book and lyrics by Tom Eyen.