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DREAMGIRLS on Broadway
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Posted: 10/26/17 at 2:23pm

I hope I don't get "flamed" for asking a simple question:

Does anybody have inside knowledge whether is indeed coming to Broadway in Spring 2018? I would have expected an announcement by now.


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Posted: 10/26/17 at 3:29pm

Not yet.. lets hope they don't bring in the people playing Deena and Curtis... oy!

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Posted: 10/26/17 at 3:41pm
Last I heard they were planning on postponing until the Fall, with some major retooling plans and reincorporating some of the original staging.
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Posted: 10/26/17 at 3:58pm
I hope the new Deena, Brennyn transfers. She’s quite good. Liisi is too contemporary sounding and takes the viewer out of the period.
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Posted: 10/26/17 at 4:15pm

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I saw this in London and as a huge fan of this show (it was my very first Broadway show) I wasn't all that impressed. I loved Amber as "Effie" she was exceptional. I wasn't too taken with Liisi La Fontaine. SchuylWERKsister is spot on with the assessment that she is way too contemporary sounding and takes you right out of the period. She lacks the charisma and special star quality to be a believable "Deena Jones". "Deena" may not be the better singer but she has to be played by someone who has that IT factor to justify Curtis' decision to put her up front and relegate "Effie" to the background. 

I'm open to new interpretations of older works but with "Dreamgirls" I wish they would just revive the original Michael Bennett staging with all it's bells and whistles - so that this new generation of theatergoers can experience it and be thrilled and awed the way my 13 year old self was when I first saw it.

The show was just so ahead of it's time.

 

 

 

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Posted: 10/26/17 at 5:39pm
I totally agree Carlos about a production with Bennett's original staging, etc. Who played Curtis in London?
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Posted: 10/26/17 at 6:32pm
Well I've seen Robert Longbottom's staging twice. Beautiful production with LED screens. 1st was Segerstrom Center and 2nd 6 years later La Mirada. Moya Angela did both performances as Effie and she was amazing
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Posted: 10/26/17 at 6:42pm
DottieD'Luscia said: "I totally agree Carlos about a production with Bennett's original staging, etc. Who played Curtis in London?"



Dottie Joe Aaron’ Reid player Curtis when I saw it. Have no idea if he is still in it.

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Posted: 10/27/17 at 8:01am

Just got back from London where I saw this new production. It was just good. It lacked the greatness of the original. The cast was mediocre except for Marisha Wallace who was one of the best Effie's I've ever seen (I've seen several productions of Dreamgirls). The staging lacked the tightness of the original and the design - although with some interesting and even nice touches - just didn't work in the same way that Robin Wagner's simple every moving towers did.

I love Dreamgirls and I too am open to other interpretations of classic productions, but this wasn't it.

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Posted: 10/27/17 at 9:35am
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Posted: 10/27/17 at 9:41am
Can't they just use the Bennett choreo? Better off waiting another season as it's already a crowded season for revivals.
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