Cynthia Erivo to Join Jennifer Hudson in ‘Color Purple’ Return (Promo)

March 16, 2015

Cynthia Erivo attends the gala screening of "Into The Woods" at The Curzon Mayfair on January 7, 2015 in London, England — Cynthia Erivo attends the gala screening of “Into The Woods” at The Curzon Mayfair on January 7, 2015 in London, England

*Cynthia Erivo will shake her shimmy with Jennifer Hudson this fall when the musical “The Color Purple” returns to Broadway.

Erivo, who starred in the Menier Chocolate Factory production in London in 2013, will reprise her role of Celie in her Broadway debut. The production, which begins previews in November at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, is directed and designed by John Doyle.

Hudson will play Shug Avery, the sultry blues singer in the story adapted from Alice Walker’s novel about one woman’s triumph over adversity.