Bloomingdales At South Coast Plaza Celebrates DREAMGIRLS 4/12-30

To celebrate DREAMGIRLS' upcoming visit to the Center, Bloomingdale's South Coast Plaza is creating a special "Get the Look" boutique inspired by the stunning costumes from the sensational new stage production direct from Harlem's world-famous Apollo Theater in New York City.

The DREAMGIRLS boutique will be open April 12 - 30 on the Upper Level of Bloomingdale's where
shoppers can browse a collection of sketches hand-drawn by Tony® Award-winning costume designer William Ivey Long and choose from a selection of glamorous styles and looks that coordinate with the sketches. While at the boutique, shoppers will also have the opportunity to enter to win a four-pack of tickets to DREAMGIRLS for the closing night performance on May 2 at 6:30 p.m. The show plays the Center April 21 - May 2.

Jim Murphy, General Manager, Bloomingdale's South Coast Plaza said, "Bloomingdale's is proud to
continue our long-standing partnership with the Orange County Performing Arts Center, this time through our collaboration on DREAMGIRLS. Creating a DREAMGIRLS shop was a natural fit, as the beautiful colors and styles used throughout the show mirror much of what is on trend for Spring 2010 - lots of bright pinks, fuchsias, oranges and corals paired with beading, sequins and high energy."

Full of onstage joy, glamour and backstage drama, DREAMGIRLS tells the story of an up-and-coming, 1960s singing girl group, and the triumphs and tribulations that come with fame and fortune. Hopeful talents Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson and Effie White are performing as The Dreamettes when ambitious agent Curtis Taylor, Jr. discovers them. He lands them a job as backup singers for the soul and rock ‘n' roll sensation James "Thunder" Early and begins to guide their quickly rising career. However, when the beautiful Deena emerges as the star of the group rather than the full-voiced Effie, the girls are brought to personal and professional crossroads

Tickets to see DREAMGIRLS start at $20 and are now available online at OCPAC.org, at the Center's
Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa or by calling 714.556.2787. For inquiries about group ticket discounts for 15 or more, call the Group Services office at 714.755.0236. The TTY number is 714.556.2746. There will be free talkbacks with the cast following the performances on Thursday, April 22 and Thursday, April 29. The 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, May 1 will be sign-language interpreted.

The Center applauds Wells Fargo for its generous support of the 2009-2010 Broadway and Curtain Call Series. Cox Communications is the Media Partner of the Center's 2009-2010 Broadway Series.
DREAMGIRLS will introduce Moya Angela as Effie White and feature, as The Dreams, Syesha Mercado as Deena Jones, Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson and Margaret Hoffman as Michelle Morris with Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Chester Gregory is James "Thunder" Early, Trevon Davis as C.C. White, Milton Craig Nealy as Marty Madison in a cast of 26 that also features Tallia Brinson, Felicia Boswell, Ronald Duncan, Patrice Covington, Talitha Farrow, Brittney Griffin, James Harkness, Robert Hartwell, Eric Jackson, Chauncey Jenkins, Jared Joseph, Nikki Kimbrough, Brittany Lewis, Douglas Lyons, Kimberly Marable, Jarran Muse, Amaker Smith and Marc Spaulding.
DREAMGIRLS is directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom with scenic design by Robin
Wagner, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound deign by Acme Sound Partners and media design by Howard Werner for Lightswitch.

DREAMGIRLS features music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen with additional material by Willie Reale. DREAMGIRLS is produced by John Breglio for Vienna Waits Productions.
The original Broadway production of DREAMGIRLS opened December 20, 1981, at the Imperial Theatre and won six Tony® Awards and three Drama Desk Awards in 1982. It closed on Broadway August 11, 1985, after 1,521 performances. The original Broadway production was directed by Michael Bennett and choreographed by Bennett and Michael Peters. DREAMGIRLS was adapted into a motion picture by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, and opened in December 2006. The film won two Academy Awards®, five Golden Globes, and two Screen Actor's Guild Awards in 2007 in addition to a Grammy® Award for Best Song written for a Motion Picture ("Love You I Do"). The most popular song from the film, "Listen," has been incorporated into the new stage version of DREAMGIRLS as a stirring Act II duet for Deena and Effie. This all-new production of DREAMGIRLS premiered at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater in New York City on November 22, 2009, before embarking on an international tour.

For more information, please visit the official DREAMGIRLS Web site at DreamgirlsOnStage.com.
Dreamgirls Bloomingdale's SCP.

The Orange County Performing Arts Center presents a wide variety of the most significant national and international productions of music, dance and theater to the people of Southern California. It is
committed to supporting artistic excellence on all of its stages and offering unsurpassed experiences, engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of live performance and an array of inspiring programs.

As Orange County's largest non-profit arts organization, the Center owns and operates the 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall and intimate 250-seat Founders Hall, which opened in 1986, and the 2,000-seat Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, which opened in 2006 and also houses the 500-seat Samueli Theater, and the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Education Center's studio performance space and Boeing Education Lab. These state-of-the-art facilities are united by a community arts plaza.

The Center's Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and community plaza, along with facilities of the adjacent Tony® Award-winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the new home of the Orange County Museum of Art, are located at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
The Orange County Performing Arts Center presents a broad range of programming each season for
audiences of all ages from throughout Orange County, and beyond, including international ballet and dance, national tours of top Broadway shows, intimate performances of jazz and cabaret, contemporary artists, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, family-friendly programming, free performances open to the public from outdoor movie screenings to dancing on the plaza and many other special events.

It offers many education programs designed to inspire young people through the arts. These programs reach hundreds of thousands of students of all ages with vital arts-in-education programs, enhancing their studies and enriching their lives well into the future.

The Orange County Performing Arts Center is proud to serve as the artistic home to the region's major performing arts organizations: Pacific Symphony, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the Pacific Chorale.

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