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India.Arie, Aubrey O'Day Heading to Broadway

By Christina Tapper

Wednesday June 25, 2008 10:50 AM EDT

India.Aire (left) and Aubrey O'Day

Ray Tamarra/Getty; George Napolitano/FilmMagic

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Broadway is gearing up for the arrival of a handful of stage-loving singers: Grammy Award winner India.Arie and Danity Kane's Aubrey O'Day will soon make their debut. And former 98 Degrees bandmate Drew Lachey, who previously performed in the Broadway run of Rent, will appear in Spamalot beginning June 24.

O'Day will take on the role of Amber Von Tussle, the stuck-up arch-nemesis of Tracy Turnblad, in Hairspray starting July 18 at N.Y.C.'s Neil Simon Theatre. She also joins former boybander, O-Town's Ashley Parker Angel, who is already performing in the play.

India.Arie is set to perform in Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, beginning September 8 at N.Y.C.'s Circle in the Square Theater. The R&B soul singer will open the Whoopi Goldberg-produced play, which is an updated reprisal of the 1976 off-Broadway hit.