Jennifer Hudson has appeared on the big screen and performed live on a Broadway stage and on “American Idol” — but none of that compared to her experience doingย NBC’s musical event, “Hairspray Live!”
“With a live production on television, it didn’t dawn on me until I literally was getting ready to step out on stage, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, this is the most exciting thing I’ve ever done in my career — and the scariest,’” the Oscar winner for “Dreamgirls”ย told TheWrap.
Hudson starred as Motormouth Maybelle inย the production alongside Kristin Chenoweth, Ariana Grande, Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin and Dove Cameron.