Jennifer Hudson is all set to make her Broadway debut in show The Color Purple that will make her 3rd American Idol alumni to star in a musical.
The 33-year-old songstress, who came in seventh place during the third season of the singing reality show in 2004, will play Shug Avery in a revival of the musical i.e. co-produced by Oprah Winfrey, E! Online reported.
The show is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel by the same name.
The Broadway musical debuted in 2005 and ran until 2008 and during the final year of its run, 'American Idol' season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino played Celie, which marked her Broadway debut. LaToya London, who came in fourth place on 'American Idol' during Hudson and Barrino's season, played Nettie during a 2007 national tour of The Color Purple, which featured 'Destiny's Child' singer Michelle Williams as Shug.
