Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical)

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Broadway musical stage musical

Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) is a Tony Award–winning stage musical that dramatizes the rise of a 1960s girl group and the costs of fame, loosely inspired by the story of The Supremes and the Motown era.

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Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) canonical 5
Dreamgirls (musical) 5
Dreamgirls (stage musical) 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Choreography ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
bookBy Tom Eyen ⓘ
character C.C. White ⓘ
Curtis Taylor Jr. ⓘ
Deena Jones ⓘ
Effie White ⓘ
James "Thunder" Early ⓘ
Lorrell Robinson ⓘ
choreographer Michael Bennett DiFiglia ⓘ
surface form: Michael Bennett

Michael Peters ⓘ
composer Henry Krieger ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Tom Eyen ⓘ
director Michael Bennett DiFiglia ⓘ
surface form: Michael Bennett
featuresSong And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
Dreamgirls (song) ⓘ
surface form: Dreamgirls

I Am Changing ⓘ
One Night Only ⓘ
Steppin' to the Bad Side ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation Dreamgirls ⓘ
surface form: Dreamgirls (2006 film)
hasInternationalProduction West End production ⓘ
hasRevival 2001 Broadway revival ⓘ
inspiredBy Motown era ⓘ
The Supremes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Tom Eyen ⓘ
musicBy Henry Krieger ⓘ
notableOriginalCastMember Ben Harney ⓘ
Cleavant Derricks ⓘ
Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
Loretta Devine ⓘ
Sheryl Lee Ralph ⓘ
notableTheme artistic integrity vs commercial success ⓘ
costs of fame ⓘ
openedOnBroadway 1981-12-20 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength over 1500 performances ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre Imperial Theatre ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereDate 1981-12-20 ⓘ
premiereLocation Imperial Theatre ⓘ
producer Michael Bennett DiFiglia ⓘ
surface form: Michael Bennett
settingPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
subject 1960s girl group ⓘ
fame ⓘ
music industry ⓘ
racial politics in entertainment ⓘ
subjectOf cast recording album ⓘ
tonyAwardsYear 1982 ⓘ

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