Former American Idol finalist Syesha Mercado has landed the role of Denna Jones in the national tour of Dreamgirls. The revival is slated to begin November 7 at New York’s Apollo Theatre and then stop in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, Columbus, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Costa Mesa, Cincinnati and Philadelphia.

Mercado finished third during Idol’s seventh season last spring, and after her ouster she made it clear that acting onstage was something she’d be interested in… “I want to make an album.  I want to star in a film.  I want to do Broadway.  I want to open up an organic restaurant, and like a lupus foundation, homeless foundation,” she told reporters in May 2008.

Syesha is amazingly talented and we offer the biggest congratulations to her for landing this role! What an awesome opporunity for her… Hopefully she also gets to open an organic restaurant and those great charities, too. This girl’s got some slammin’ dreams!

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