NEW YORK -- A new generation of theatergoers will get a chance to see “Dreamgirls” when it returns to Broadway for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Camille A. Brown has been tapped to helm what producers announced as “the first-ever newly directed and choreographed Broadway revival” of the classic musical inspired by the rise of Diana Ross & The Supremes during their 1960s Motown heyday.

Producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Sue Wagner, John Johnson and LaChanze announced Monday that a full-scaled production of the beloved musical will come back to Broadway in the fall of 2026 — playing for the first time since a short-lived revival in 1987.

While casting has not been set in place, there are plans to hold auditions for “talented women of all shapes and sizes” in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Miami, London, Toronto, Mexico City, Amsterdam, Rome and Paris.

Brown, a Queens native, recently crafted dance numbers for the acclaimed Audra McDonald-headlined revival of “Gypsy” and Alicia Keys’ “Hell’s Kitchen.”

“Dreamgirls” launched the careers of Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Loretta Devine who played the central trio, “The Dreams,” when the musical opened in 1981. With a book and lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger, the production received 13 Tony Award nominations and six wins.

Though considered one of the most successful musicals of all-time, “Dreamgirls” has had a long road back to Broadway.

After a few false starts in Hollywood, a star-studded 2006 film starring Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Anika Noni Rose and Jennifer Hudson became a smash hit and bolstered a renewed interest.

With a re-interpretation of “Listen” from the movie adaptation, Robert Longbottom’s newly revamped revival kicked off its national tour at the Apollo Theater in 2009. Starring Moya Angela, Syesha Mercado, Adrienne Warren, Nikki Kimbrough, Chester Gregory and Ephraim M Sykes, the show never made it back to New York City as initially planned.

Friedman, a Tony winner whose credits include “Sunset Boulevard,” “Funny Girl” and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” produced the Olivier Award-winning British debut of “Dreamgirls” in London in 2016.

LaChanze, who recently won her fifth Tony Award for producing “Purpose,” launched her performing career in the ensemble of the 1987 Broadway revival starring Lillias White.

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