Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures

[Gothampc]

Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#1

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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Updated On: 8/23/09 at 02:41 PM

[Tag]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#2

Posted: 8/23/09 at 3:09pm

This is why Joan Marcus should not be the go-to photographer.

[uncageg]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#2

Posted: 8/23/09 at 3:15pm

I was also wondering why they have pictures of the original cast in the photo section of the website.

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[AlfieByrne]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#3

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]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#4

Posted: 8/23/09 at 5:50pm

These photos certainly don't look professional, I've seen community theatre photos that look better than this. Hopefully, the production will be good.

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#5

Posted: 8/23/09 at 5:52pm

Joan Marcus is the goddamn Microsoft of theatrical photography.

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[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#6

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).

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Updated On: 8/23/09 at 06:01 PM

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#7

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:03pm

Joan's not a GUY, buddy...

EDIT: Forgot one crucial word. See, I was correcting Jazz...?

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Updated On: 8/23/09 at 06:03 PM

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#8

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:06pm

Oh 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...

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[CATSNYrevival]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#9

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:10pm

Joan is a guy!?! Wtf???

[millie_dillmount]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#10

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.

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[somethingwicked]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#11

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:12pm

...Joan Marcus is definitely a woman.

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Updated On: 8/23/09 at 06:12 PM

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#12

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:13pm

No no!!!! I had posted all "he's" and PiraguaGuy2 made that response. What he meant to say was, "Joan's a Guy? Buddy...?!?!".

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[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#13

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:13pm

I 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.

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[millie_dillmount]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#14

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:15pm

Okay. 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.

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[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#15

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.

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Updated On: 8/23/09 at 06:16 PM

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#16

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:18pm

Someone give Lorell a sandwich.

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[Tag]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#17

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:31pm

Check out Tristram Kenton's work from the West End for inspired theatre photography.

[BrodyFosse123]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#18

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:31pm

My iPhone takes better photos than those 'press' photos of the ladies.

[tonight]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#19

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:40pm

stop bitching. they look fine.

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[MrBundles]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#20

Posted: 8/23/09 at 6:55pm

Are we sure these aren't the press pictures for the new Ex-Destiny's Child Tour "(Can You Pay Our) Bills, Bills, Bills?"

Your fupa is showing.

[Gothampc]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#21

Posted: 8/23/09 at 7:16pm

Martha Swope would have made this look like "Dreamgirls" rather than "Threepenny Opera".

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[Scarywarhol]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#22

Posted: 8/23/09 at 7:39pm

This 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]

re: Dreamgirls at The Apollo Pictures#23

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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Updated On: 8/23/09 at 07:41 PM