Overview
- EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson joins a producing team led by Sonia Friedman Productions, Sue Wagner and John Johnson, marking her third Broadway producing credit.
- Five-time Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown will direct and choreograph the revival.
- The production is planned for a Broadway run in fall 2026, with specific dates, casting and ticket information to be announced.
- Producers announced global auditions seeking “talented women of all shapes and sizes” for the company.
- This will be the first Broadway mounting newly directed and choreographed since Michael Bennett’s original, with the last revival staged in 1987.