Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 2:41pm
I realize these pictures are probably the first to be released and they were probably shot with zero budget, but they look horrible. The darkness of the clothes and the lighting of the set in no way reflects Dreamgirls or the sunny, brightness of 1960s girl groups.
Couldn't they at least give the women decent poses?
The first shot looks like Effie has a stomach ache and Deena and Lorrell have just left the national touring company of The Life.
The second picture looks like an ad for The Price is Right.
The third picture, Deena looks like she's trying to cover a tattoo or she's trying to imitate a Madonna pose.
There is nothing "dreamy" about these pictures. I hope this isn't foreshadowing how bad the production will be.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#2re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 3:09pmThis is why Joan Marcus should not be the go-to photographer.
#2re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 3:15pmI was also wondering why they have pictures of the original cast in the photo section of the website.
AlfieByrne
Stand-by Joined: 8/12/09
#3re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 5:17pm
Who's idea was it to just take the screencap of those pictures, blow them up, and post them on BWW in a terrible quality?
CurtisTaylorJr2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/17/06
#4re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 5:50pmThese photos certainly don't look professional, I've seen community theatre photos that look better than this. Hopefully, the production will be good.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#5re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 5:52pmJoan Marcus is the goddamn Microsoft of theatrical photography.
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#6re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:01pm
I don't think I've ever seen a Broadway-Related photograph that DIDN'T have her name on it, but whatever...she takes good pictures (for the most part).
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#7re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:03pm
Joan's not a GUY, buddy...
EDIT: Forgot one crucial word. See, I was correcting Jazz...?
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#8re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:06pmOh my god. I'm so embarrassed right now! I think someone smashed my head with a frying pan last night and it's causing me to post a lot of strange things...
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#10re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:11pm
"Joan's a GUY, buddy..."
I have been seeing his Broadway photography for years now, and I always assumed Joan Marcus was a woman.
Ooooooooops.
#11re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:12pm...Joan Marcus is definitely a woman.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#12re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:13pmNo no!!!! I had posted all "he's" and PiraguaGuy2 made that response. What he meant to say was, "Joan's a Guy? Buddy...?!?!".
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#13re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:13pmI mean to say "is not a woman". You can tell I made a typo and am not actually retarded because otherwise I wouldn't have been correcting Jazz.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#14re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:15pmOkay. Thought there was something odd. I didn't see that Jazzy corrected the post originally, and then you forgot the word "not." So, yeah...oops again.
AndAllThatJazz22
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/08
#15re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:16pm
It didn't occur to me that you had forgotten the word 'not'. 2nd oops on this thread. Boy am I a mess today. Back to the topic...it looks like someone used the webcam on their laptop to take these pictures. They're so blurry.
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#16re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:18pmSomeone give Lorell a sandwich.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#17re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:31pmCheck out Tristram Kenton's work from the West End for inspired theatre photography.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#18re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:31pm
My iPhone takes better photos than those 'press' photos of the ladies. 
#19re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:40pmstop bitching. they look fine.
#20re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:55pmAre we sure these aren't the press pictures for the new Ex-Destiny's Child Tour "(Can You Pay Our) Bills, Bills, Bills?"
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#21re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 7:16pmMartha Swope would have made this look like "Dreamgirls" rather than "Threepenny Opera".
#22re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 7:39pmThis is not Joan's work. This is Joan's work stretched and misshapen by bad web designers, then screencapped and blown up by Broadway World so they look ****ty and pixelated.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#23re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures
Posted: 8/23/09 at 7:41pm
"stop bitching. they look fine."
God forbid anyone have an opinion.
I think the pictures look odd as well. Definitely not a good representation of Joan Marcus's work.
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