Shows · Dreamgirls · Imperial Theatre, 1981
Dreamgirls, 1981
Opened December 20, 1981
Closed August 11, 1985
1,521 performances
Original
Broadway
6 Tony Awards
Of the productions that opened in the 1980s, this had the 6th longest run.
Other stagings of Dreamgirls 3 more
Who was in it72 named
David Thome
Cheryl Alexander
Phylicia Ayers Allen
Vanessa Bell
Charles Bernard
Paul Binotto
Candy Darling
Ronald Dunham
Stephanie Eley
Sheila Ellis
Thomas Scott Gordon
Tenita Jordan
Linda Lloyd
Carol Logen
Joe Lynn
Frank Mastrocola
Jamie Patterson
Wellington Perkins
Scott Plank
Charles Randolph Wright
Larry Stewart
Weyman Thompson
Linda Leilani Brown
Teresa Burrell
Terry Burrell
Lawrence Clayton
Roz Ryan
Vanessa Townsell
Richie Abanes
Khandi Alexander
Ethel Beatty
Susan Beaubian
Ray Benson
Mary Denise Bentley
Barry Bruce
Abe Clark
Lisa Grant
Christopher Gregory
Nina Hennessey
Rhetta Hughes
Roy Jones
Julia Mcgirt
Hal Miller
Tim Millett
Gordon Owens
Richard Poole
Graciela Simpson
Ronald Smokey Stevens
Leon Summers Jr
Gina Taylor
Johnnie Teamer
Buddy Vest
Sean Walker
Obba Babatundé as C.C. White
Creative team
- Director
- Michael Bennett
- Choreographer
- Michael Bennett
- Producer
- Michael Bennett, Bob Avian, Geffen Records
- Orchestrations
- Harold Wheeler
Tony Awards 6 from 13 nominations
Recordings 5 released while this run was on
11 more exist for other runs of this show: see Dreamgirls for all of them.
Around this production
Jennifer Holliday\'s performance of "And I Am Telling You" at the 1982 Tony Awards received the longest standing ovation in the ceremony\'s history. The audience would not stop.
Dreamgirls December 20, 1981 More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 1110
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