Adrienne Warren (Lorrell), Syesha Mercado (Deena),Moya Angela (Effie) (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus)
We are so excited about the Seattle premiere of DREAMGIRLS which is coming to The Paramount Theatre from April 6 – 11.
Full of onstage joy and backstage drama, DREAMGIRLS tells the story of an up-and-coming, 1960s singing girl group, and the triumphs and tribulations that come with fame and fortune. Hopeful talents Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson and Effie White are performing as The Dreamettes when ambitious agent Curtis Taylor, Jr. discovers them. He lands them a job as backup singers for the soul and rock ‘n’ roll sensation James “Thunder” Early and begins to guide their quickly rising career. However, when the beautiful Deena emerges as the star of the group rather than the full-voiced Effie, the girls are brought to personal and professional crossroads.
The original Broadway production of Dreamgirls opened December 20, 1981, at the Imperial Theatre and won six Tony Awards. It closed on Broadway August 11, 1985, after 1,521 performances. Dreamgirls was adapted into a motion picture and opened in December 2006. The film, which starred Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy, won two Academy Awards, five Golden Globes, and two Screen Actor’s Guild Awards in 2007 in addition to a Grammy Award for Best Song written for a Motion Picture (“Love You I Do”). The most popular song from the film, “Listen,” has been incorporated into the new stage version of Dreamgirls as a stirring Act II duet for Deena and Effie.
Moya Angela (Effie) (Photo Credit: Joan Marcus)Dreamgirls will introduce Moya Angela as Effie White and feature, as The Dreams, Syesha Mercado as Deena Jones, Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson, and Margaret Hoffman as Michelle Morris with Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Chester Gregory is James “Thunder” Early, Trevon Davis as C.C. White and Milton Craig Nealy as Marty Madison.
Tickets for Dreamgirls start at just $27, visit stgpresents.org.
For more info about the show, visit www.DreamgirlsOnStage.com.
How about two free tickets to the opening of Dreamgirls on Tuesday April 6, 2010. Just answer the following trivia question and include your name and city and submit it to seattlegayscene@gmail.com before Friday March 26, 2010 at 5pm. We will select one lucky winner and they will receive two free tickets to the spectacular opening. Contest is void where prohibited.
Curtis changes the name of the group to a more grown up one: “The Dreams.” What was the original name of the trio?
Send your answer in! You could win two free tickets to the opening!
As inspiration here is Beyonce’s version of “One Night Only” which is not as good and soulful as others, including the onstage version, but nonetheless it’s still inspiring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRT4jkS-QxM
