Back in 2006 when the Dreamgirls movie came out, Broadway's original Effie White, Jennifer Holliday, made a big deal about Jennifer Hudson stealing her legacy [click here if you missed that].
This year Ms. Holliday is returning to the stage as Effie White one more time to reclaim her sense of self...
Jenn will star as Effie White in the St. Louis Muny Theater production of Dreamgirls this summer and insists this time will be her last.
Jennifer says,
"I don't want to turn into (Sunset Boulevard character) Norma Desmond or, remember that scene in Mommie Dearest, when Joan Crawford's grown daughter is in the hospital and she sees her mother on TV, playing her role in a soap opera? I think I can just get away with it one more time."
