Amazing news! NBC has announced that Jennifer Lopez will headline their next musical, “Bye Bye Birdie Live!” in 2017.  Jennifer will play Rosie, the role originated by Chita Rivera in the original production. Jennifer has some experience with the musical, as she covers “A Lot of Living To Do” as part of her “All I Have” opening.

“Bye Bye Birdie” is set at the height of rock ‘n’ roll in Sweet Apple, Ohio, where hip-thrusting music heartthrob Conrad Birdie’s rock ‘n’ roll ways send the small town reeling, giving the teens Birdie fever, shocking the parents with moral indignation, and placing songwriter/agent Albert Peterson (played by Dick Van Dyke in the original production) along with his savvy sweetheart, Rosie, right in the thick of things.

In a statement, Jennifer said: “Broadway musicals and films fueled my childhood and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ was one of my favorites. I’m proud to be a part of the NBC family with ‘Shades of Blue’ and I thought it would be a blast to take on one of their big live musicals.”

Jennifer will also serve as executive producer with Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Benny Medina, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.The latter two have also executive-produced NBC’s other live musicals, the upcoming “Hairspray”, “The Wiz”, “Peter Pan”, and “The Sound of Music”.

People’s Choice Awards 2017 nominee voting is live! Jennifer Lopez and Shades of Blue are listed in the Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress and Favorite TV Crime Drama categories. Click on the categories to place your vote! Make sure you vote often! Nominee voting ends on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 (11:59 PM, ET). The top five vote-getters in each category will be revealed at the People’s Choice Awards Nominations Announcement Press Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 15, which is also when finalist voting kicks off.

Per Billboard, Jennifer Lopez is working on a new, all-Spanish album, and she’s doing it together with Marc Anthony, who will act as executive producer!! Set for release in 2017, the first single from the new production is slated for November. The first single could possibly be a duet with famed Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos.

This will be Jennifer’s first all-Spanish album since Como Ama Una Mujer, which debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart.  Como Ama Una Mujer set the record for the largest sales week for an act’s debut Spanish-language album and was only the fifth Spanish-language album to debut in the top 10 of the all-genre chart.

“I am so excited and really looking forward to this new musical journey and to celebrate my Latin roots with Marc Anthony and the Sony/Magnus family,” she said in a statement to Billboard.

“[Jennifer] has had enormous accomplishments in her career and has been representing our culture all over the world from day one,” Marc Anthony said in a statement. “Her artistry, professionalism and passion for music are just some of the many attributes that have earned her a unique place in the entertainment world that very few people have been able to obtain. I am looking forward to our creative collaboration and to be part of continuing her musical legacy.”