American Idol alum Syesha Mercado — who came in third place during season 7 of the singing competition behind eventual winner David Cook and runner-up David Archuleta — will star as Deena Jones in a new production of Dreamgirls. The production, which will eventually go on a national tour, begins previews Nov. 7, 2009, and officially opens Nov. 22, 2009, in New York City at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater. In total, it will only run for four weeks at the Apollo before going on the road.
The role of Deena was played by singer Beyoncé in the 2005 movie version and by Sheryl Lee Ralph in the original Broadway production, which debuted in 1981. Playing the Dreams alongside Mercado will be Moya Angela as Effie White (the role Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Holliday popularized in the movie and Broadway versions, respectively); Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson; and Margaret Hoffman as Michelle Morris.
She would be perfect for that role!
The movie version came out in ’06 not ’05.
She’s a stunning beauty and her voice is amazing. I hope she puts out a cd soon. I’ll be first in line!
I though Sy had fell off the face of the earth! She would do this part justice.Beautiful girl.
I saw her sing “Listen” in the Idols tour and she was very good. I also read in a previous article that that song will be included in this production. She’ll be terrific in the role.
She’s going to be fantastic!
This is GREAT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndIZuppIPkA&feature=related
this only goes to show that if you can’t prove what you think you’ve got, you might as well go with what people expect you to do. have fun in broadway, syesha!