After an exhaustive, national audition process that took nearly a year to complete, the national tour of Dreamgirls has begun. Although methinks some theaters in Detroit could've used the revenue, it fittingly reopened at the world-renowned Apollo Theatre in Harlem...
I did the Critic-O-Meter of Dreamgirls today, and it's a very curious crop of reviews. Many of the reviews are largely negative on a sentence-to-sentence level, but end up recommending the show. At not even grudgingly recommending the show. Enthusiastically...
GRADE:B (Photo By Joan Marcus) Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen, Music by Henry Krieger, Additional Material by William Reale Directed by Robert Longbottom at the Apollo Theater through Dec. 12 I'll admit it, dear reader, I'm quite flummoxed by this crop of reviews of Dreamgirls , the new touring version of the musical that just opened at The Apollo. The majority of the reviews damn with faint praise at...
By: Cleo Brown On Friday Evening, November 20th, 2009 I attended a performance of Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York with my publisher and the founder of HipHopRepublican.com, named Richard Ivory. Richard, who had said that there would be only a handful of people in the audience, made all of the arrangements for the event from securing the tickets to the play to arranging the transportation....
Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. announced today that New York audiences will get an additional week to see the premiere engagement of Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater. This brand-new production of the landmark musical will now play 7 additional performances through Saturday, December 12, 2009 at Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater (253 [...]
Filed under: News , Theater The best of The Great White Way has come to Harlem USA, and it's proving to be a perfect combination. The new version of the legendary Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls,' which is premiering at the world's famous Apollo Theater, is being extended. Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. announced that audiences will get an additional week to see the brand-new...
Legit News: Revival adds a week to its N.Y. run -- The national touring production of "Dreamgirls" will extend for an extra week of perfs at the Apollo Theater, where the show will now play through Dec. 12.
"The decision to open the national tour of 'Dreamgirls' at the Apollo, where this 1981 Broadway musical begins and ends, would seem to be a natural. The producer John Breglio recalled that the initial reaction was quite different, however: 'Everybody thought I was crazy.'"...
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On November 22, 2009, former American Idol contestant, Syesha Mercado, will be embarking on a national tour of the musical, Dreamgirls. Syesha has been cast in the role of Deena, which was brought to the big screen by Beyonce Knowles a couple years ago. Of course, Syesha’s fellow Idol alum, Jennifer Hudson, is probably most associated with the film version since she won an Oscar for her magnificent...
You know it's going to be a great weekend when Bruce Springsteen sets up shop in Madison Square Garden for two nights in a row - and that's just one of the paramount performances that's sure to rock New York this weekend.