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Dreamgirls

Opening date
October 1, 1981
Comments
Broadway stage musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. The musical is based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others. The musical follows the story of a young female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called "The Dreams", who become music superstars.

The show's first performance was as part of a tryout run at the Shubert Theatre in Boston, before opening on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on December 20, 1981.

Original Broadway Cast Album released in 1982.

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Performances

Title Performer Written by Info
 PRF Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen Covered by (36 artists)
Originally by Jennifer Holliday REL
 PRF Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen Covered by (5 artists)
Originally by Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine and Deborah Burrell REL
 PRF Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen Covered by (6 artists)
Originally by Jennifer Holliday, Obba Babatundé, Cleaving Derricks, Loretta Devine, Ben Harney, Sheryl Lee Ralph REL
 PRF Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen Covered by (12 artists)
Originally by Jennifer Holliday REL
 PRF Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen Covered by (2 artists)
Originally by Ben Harney, Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Obba Babatundé, Deborah Burrell and Cleavant Derricks REL
 PRF Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen Covered by (23 artists)
Originally by Jennifer Holliday REL
 PRF Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen Covered by The Princeton Tigertones
Originally by Ben Harney, Cleavant Derricks, Obba Babatundé, Tony Franklin, Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, The Company REL