Dreamgirls Broadway Revival Dream Casting

[HD1313]

Sorry if this is already a thread, but I just saw production of Dreamgirls tonight, and now I'm wondering, who could play who in the Dreamgirls Broadway revival? (If it was to ever happen)

[gypsy101]

I've said before that for the ladies I would love: Amber Riley as Effie and Patina Miller as Deena. For Lorrell I did have my heart on Nikki M. James but after seeing her this season, Adrienne Warren would be fantastic.

[Valentina3]

What about Danielle Brookes as Effie and Cynthia as Deena. Hehe.

 

Outside of this, I don't want to dreamcast a completely unannounced production. 

[wish i were here2]

gypsy101 said: "I've said before that for the ladies I would love: Amber Riley as Effie and Patina Miller as Deena. For Lorrell I did have my heart on Nikki M. James but after seeing her this season, Adrienne Warren would be fantastic."

Actually, Adrienne Warren played Lorrell on that Dreamgirls tour with Syesha Mercado a few years back! I vaguely remember the tour but I remember her "Ain't No Party" was fantastic! 

 

[bekk99]

Danielle Brooks for Effie. The end.

[morosco]

Charity Dawson was pretty wonderful in the last tour.  Here she sings all the roles!

https://youtu.be/QSKnsHm7ViQ?t=116

[South Fl Marc]

If there is a revival, I don't care who is in it. What I most would like to see most is Michael Bennetts brilliant and innovative staging fully recreated. It has been done again, but always in a reduced form.The cinematic vision he brought to this show has not been surpassed. The recent tour in comparison was laughably bad.

[Valentina3]

That Charity Dawson video is giving me LIFE

[morosco]

The staging and choreography of that last tour looked very amateur.  In terms of the set I liked some of what Robin Wagner did with the video panels.  Would prefer to see his original set recreated with those light towers gracefully dancing around the stage.  (And what is most interesting about those original towers is that they were not automated by computers which is a common misconception.  They were driven by electric winches completely controlled by stagehands.  I remember reading that Bennett said that the show would suffer a little bit whenever a stagehand was out on vacation because everything had to be so precise.)