Dreamgirls
Ambassador Theatre
Previews Began: June 22, 1987
Opening Night: June 28, 1987
Closing Night: November 29, 1987
Music: Henry Kreiger
Lyrics: Tom Eyen
Book: Tom Eyen
A young female singing trio from Chicago get their big break at an amateur competition and begin singing backup vocals for James “Thunder” Early. However, things begin to spin out of control when their agent, Curtis Taylor, Jr., makes Deena and not Effie, the star of what will become known as “The Dreams.”
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
I’m Lookin’ for Something……………The Stepp Sisters,
Marty, Company
Goin’ Downtown…….Little Albert and the Tru-Tones
Takin’ the Long Way Home……………….Tiny Joe Dixon
Move (You’re Steppin’ on My Heart)……Effie, Deena,
Lorrell
Fake Your Way to the Top………..Jimmy, Effie, Deena,
Lorrell
Cadillac Car………….Curtis, Jimmy, C.C., Marty, Effie,
Deena, Lorrell
– On the Road……………………………………….Company
– In the Recording Studio…………………Jimmy, Effie,
Deena, Lorrell
– Reprise……………………..Dave and the Sweethearts
Steppin’ to the Bad Side……………Curtis, Jimmy, C.C.,
Wayne, Lorrell, Effie,
Deena, Company
Party, Party…..Effie, Curtis, Jimmy, Lorrell, Company
I Want You Baby…………..Jimmy, Effie, Deena, Lorrell
Family………Effie, C.C., Jimmy, Lorrell, Curtis, Deena
Dreamgirls……………………………….Deena, Lorrell, Effie
Press Conference………………Deena, Curtis, Company
Only the Beginning………………………………Curtis, Effie
Heavy/Stop Bringing Us Down………..Deena, Lorrell,
Effie, Curtis
Drivin’ Down the Strip…………………………………..Jimmy
It’s All Over…………Effie, Curtis, C.C., Deena, Lorrell,
Jimmy, Michelle
And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going…………………Effie
Love Love You Baby……………Deena, Lorrell, Michelle
ACT TWO
Act II Opening……….Deena, Lorrell, Michelle, Curtis,
C.C., Jimmy
I Am Changing………………………………………………..Effie
One More Picture Please……..Lorrell, Michelle, C.C.,
Curtis, Company
When I First Saw You………………………..Curtis, Deena
Got to Be Good Times………………….The Five Tuxedos
Ain’t No Party…………………………………..Lorrell, Jimmy
I Meant You No Harm…………………………………..Jimmy
Quintette……….Lorrell, Deena, C.C., Michelle, Jimmy
The Rap……………………………………………………….Jimmy
Firing of Jimmy………Jimmy, Curtis, Lorrell, Company
I Miss You Old Friend….Les Styles, Marty, C.C., Effie
One Night Only……………………………….Effie, Company
One Night Only (Disco)……..Deena, Lorrell, Michelle,
Curtis, Company
I’m Somebody…………………….Deena, Lorrell, Michelle
Chicago/Faith in Myself……………..Effie, C.C., Curtis,
Deena, Marty
Hard to Say Goodbye, My Love…………Deena, Lorrell,
Michelle
Dreamgirls (Reprise)….Effie, Deena, Lorrell, Michelle
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Susan Beaubian Member of the Stepp Sisters
Michelle Morris
Stephen Bourneuf Dave
TV Stage Manager
Ensemble
Yvette Louise Cason Charlene
Member of Les Style
Ensemble
Tim Cassidy Frank
Ensemble
Robert Clater Member of Little Albert and
the Tru-Tones
Member of The James Early Band
Member of the Five Tuxedoes
Ensemble
Bobby Daye Member of Little Albert and
the Tru-Tones
Member of The James Early Band
Member of the Five Tuxedoes
Ensemble
Matthew Dickens Member of Little Albert and
the Tru-Tones
Member of The James Early Band
Member of the Five Tuxedoes
Film Executive
Ensemble
Germaine Edwards Member of Little Albert and
the Tru-Tones
Member of The James Early Band
Member of the Five Tuxedoes
Ensemble
Robert Fowler Member of Little Albert and
the Tru-Tones
Member of The James Early Band
Carl
Member of the Five Tuxedoes
Film Executive
Ensemble
Alisa Gyse Deena Jones
Rhetta Hughes Member of the Stepp Sisters
Member of Les Style
Ensemble
Roy L. Jones Marty
Lynda McConnell Joanne
Member of Les Style
Ensemble
Kevyn Morrow C.C. White
Milton Craig Nealy Wayne
Ensemble
Leonard Piggee Tiny Joe Dixon
Jerry
Security Guard
Ensemble
Herbert L. Rawlings, Jr. James Thunder Early
LaChanze Member of the Stepp Sisters
Member of Les Style
Ensemble
Vernon Spencer The M.C.
Mr. Morgan
Ensemble
David Thomé Member of the James Early Band
Dwight
Film Executive
Ensemble
Weyman Thompson Curtis Taylor, Jr.
Shirley Tripp Member of the Sweethearts
Ensemble
Loraine Velez Member of the Stepp Sisters
Member of the Sweethearts
Arnetia Walker Lorrell Robinson
Fuschia Walker Edna Burke
Ensemble
Lillias White Effie Melody White
Swings: Brenda Braxton, Phillip Gilmore, Graciela Simpson, Darryl Eric Tribble
REPLACEMENTS
Sharon Brown Effie Melody White
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