Dreamgirls Appreciation Thread — Page 3

Wow that site is amazing....I have to say though that I hope a movie is in the works but NOT with Lauryn Hill involved. I posted a thread a month or so about a Dreamgirls movie and I still think that Frenchie Davis is perfect for Effie, Beyonce Knowles as Deena, and Fantasia Barino as Lorrell. I also think it would be a perfect opportunity for Cuba Gooding Jr to make an amazing comeback as Jimmy.

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I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed Margo's long post on choreographer pedigree...kudos! Very well-written and informative.

Sadly, I saw what I think was the first national tour in Los Angeles, but my memory of it is fairly dim. Due partly to youth, and partly to the fact that if memory serves it was at an outdoor amphitheater and I was sitting very, very far away from the stage. I didn't even save the playbill, just ripped off the cover and stuck it in a scrapbook. (Duh.) It was only in the past year or two after I bough an issue of Jet magazine on Ebay that had a cover story about that tour that I realized I had even seen Jennifer Holliday! How embarrassing for me. Well, at least I saw it...

And I'm all for a gathering at SBNY...I love Musical Mondays!

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amen! the thirst for knowledge is a beautiful thing.

let me know when you guys go for Musical Mondays, i'll have to come in the city for the evening!

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I'm with you LuvUr (about Beyonce and Fantasia) I'd sub-in Jill Scott for Effie though. She's more of a natural and she can bring the pain and the gentleness of Effie.

I worship at the throne of Sheryl Lee Ralph,she is a true godess.I have had the pleasure of meeting and she went way above my expectations of her.
Happy belated birthday to her (Nov. 17th), she's still looking hot at 49 .
I've seen others in the role & enjoyed them but she is my one & only Deena Jones.

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Arnetia also starred in the sitcom The Big House earlier this year.

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my grandmother saw the production w/Frenchie Davis, Ramona Keller, David Jennings, she said it was wonderful. I love Ramona Keller's voice, I have never heard Frenchie Davis sing. I have yet to buy the cast recording...sounds great!!

My husband was a photographer who had photographed one of the men from the original ensemble. We went to see it with my 5 year old daughter who didn't want to leave her seat at intermission; she was afraid someone would take her seat. She sat tranfixed the whole evening as did we. At the end of the show, we met him backstage and he signed her program. She said, "Oh, I just met a STAR!" Wish I could remember his name, although I do remember his face.

I think Dreamgirls was one of the best evenings of theater I have experienced.

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What a great thread! I stage managed a production of Dreamgirls in February, and I wasn't familiar with the score before, but its become my absolute favorite musical score ever. Even now, entire weeks go by where "Steppin to the Bad Side" is stuck in my head. I'm a huge fan of Norm Lewis's performance on the Concert Recording as well, and I also agree that it would make an incredible movie - if cast correctly.

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I love DREAMGIRLS almost as much as I love myself.....(just kidding) but i do love DREAMGIRLS. It was my first Broadway show EVER and I saw the Original Broadway Cast and the revival in the last '80s that played the Ambassador Theatre, which i saw more times than i can count. I loved Alisa Gyse in that version.

I love this thread!!!!!!!
Anywho...
I have loved,loved,loved Alysa Gyse every since I saw her on the first season of "Star Search"(She was first runner up).

Remember when she was Kenu on A Different World?

Well she was my 2nd favorite Deena (Ms. Ralph being my fave)she had great chemistry with Lillias White & Arneitia Walker.
She was awsome.

Hey guys,
Let's keep this thread going,it's fun.

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OK, so if they made a movie of Dreamgirls, who would you cast as Curtis, Jimmy and C.C.? There's always speculation about the female roles, but not many people talk about the men.

It would be fun to see some big stars in cameo roles. How about Jessica and Ashlee Simpson as the Sweethearts?

(Runs for cover)

OK, that last part was a joke!

How about Jamie Foxx as Jimmy?

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Updated On: 12/1/04 at 03:59 PM

Should I add the Dreamgirls Concert Cast Recording to my Christmas list? I just bought the OBCR about 3 weeks ago and LOVE it. Someone here said that the concert recording was a more complete score.

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Updated On: 12/2/04 at 03:26 PM