Both stars played the role of Effie White in the iconic musical. Jennifer Hudson and Jenifer Lewis on “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” Episode 4126 Season 4 Chris Haston/WBTV Trending on Billboard Effie White meets Effie White when Jennifer Hudson and Jenifer Lewis sing together. Ahead of Lewis’ appearance on the Tuesday (May 12) episode of Hudson’s eponymous talk show, Billboard has an exclusive preview clip from The Jennifer Hudson Show of the two singers delivering audience members a powerful duet. “Now Jenifer, the last time you were here we sang a little bit, and we had a good little time,” Hudson begins. Lewis interrupts Hudson to share that when she got out of college and moved to New York, she replaced Tony Award-winner Jennifer Holliday in the workshop production of Dreamgirls before the show transferred to Broadway. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “I’m telling y’all right now, I could sing my ‘a’ off back then,” Lewis says. “But nobody could sing like Jennifer Holliday.…