Jennifer Hudson performs at at WaMu Theater in Madison Square Garden on Friday night in New York City.
She recently chatted with USA Today, saying she’s fine, happy and glad to be here:
On Her Belief in God:
“My family and friends have always called me a woman of faith. For my whole life, that has helped me get through everything.”
On What She Hopes Her Fans Get from Her Concert:
“A sense of ‘the evolution of Jennifer, where I’m from, how I became who I am’. There’s a medley from Dreamgirls, ‘and a medley of songs by divas who inspired me, like Whitney and Aretha Franklin and Chaka Khan‘.”
On Her Future Acting Roles:
“I get a lot of scripts, but it’s not about how many films I can do, it’s about the quality. I would love to do a comedy — that would be cool and different.” A Broadway musical also is a possibility, “maybe in the next three or four years.”
On Her Upcoming Wedding:
“I’ve sung at a lot of weddings and seen a lot of the same things, and I want to make sure this is different — but traditional, and very, very classy. I’ll be surrounded by family and friends. I hope that when I’m 80 years old, people will still be talking about my wedding.” She adds that her dress “might be the most untraditional thing” about the affair. “Everybody comes down the aisle in a white gown. Maybe I’ll give it a twist.”
