You're Gonna Love Shug: Tony-Winning Dreamgirls Star Jennifer Holliday to Join The Color Purple on Broadway
A new Shug Avery’s comin’ to town, and she is not goin’. Tony and Grammy winner Jennifer Holliday will step into the Broadway revival of The Color Purple. The Dreamgirls favorite is scheduled to take her first bow at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on October 4. Fellow Tony and Grammy winner Heather Headley will play her final performance as Shug Avery on October 2. Holliday is the third actress to t…