Jordin Sparks, who made her Broadway debut in In the Heights, will return to the musical theatre stage. The American Idol winner will play a limited engagement in Broadway's Waitress, assuming the role of Jenna from Alison Luff September 16 through October 27.
Ahead of her return to the Great White Way, Playbill looks back at the Broadway debuts of her fellow American Idol alums.
Flip through photos of the American Idol alums on Broadway below:
Ace Young
Ace Young and cast of Grease
Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken and cast in Spamalot
Constantine Maroulis
Wedding Singer Playbill - Opening Night
David Cook
Wayne Brady and David Cook
Marc J. Franklin
Diana DeGarmo
Hairspray Playbill - Opening Night, July 2002
Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Barrino in The Color Purple
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo in The Color Purple
Matthew Murphy
Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks
Justin Guarini
Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Justin Guarini, and Nina Lafarga in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Katharine McPhee
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Katharine McPhee and cast
Marc J. Franklin
Ruben Studdard
Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard
Syesha Mercado
Taylor Hicks
Grease Playbill
Todrick Hall
The Color Purple Playbill - Opening Night
