Dreamgirls (2001)

Music by Henry Krieger
Lyrics by Tom Eyen
Directed by Brenda Braxton and Danny Herman
Cast: Heather Headley, Audra McDonald, Lillias White, Darius de Haas, Norm Lewis, Billy Porter, James Stovall, Tamara Tunie

In 1962, The Dreamettes, a hopeful teenage Black girl group from Chicago, enter the famous Amateur Night talent competition at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York ("I'm Looking for Something", "Goin' Downtown", "Takin' the Long Way Home"). The group is composed of full-figured lead singer Effie White and her best friends, Deena Jones and Lorrell Robinson.

Theater

Lyric Theatre · Broadway

Closed

September 24, 2001