Jennifer Holliday on Being the Original Dreamgirl

John Lemley | WABE

September 27th, 2013

Actor's Express

Jennifer Holliday is a Tony-award winning actor and singer best known for originating the role of Effie in the Broadway show Dreamgirls.

Holliday paid us a visit to talk about the role—and the music—that made her career in advance of this weekend’s concert performance at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

The Atlanta Botanical Garden and Actor's Express present the concert “Broadway in the Garden featuring Jennifer Holliday” on the Garden's Great Lawn this Sunday at 6:30 p.m. For more information, you can visit Atlanta PlanIt.

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