Dreamgirls

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Ford Center for the Performing Arts , (9/24/2001 - 9/24/2001)

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Opening Date:	Sep 24, 2001
Closing Date:	Sep 24, 2001	Total Performances:	1

Category: Special, Benefit, Concert, Revival, Broadway

Setting: Act I: The early sixties. Act II: The early seventies. Various cities throughout the U.S.

Comments: The 20th Anniversary Benefit Concert for the Actor's Fund. "One night only."

Opening Night Credits
Songs

Production Staff [See More]
Produced by The Actors' Fund of America; Artistic Producer: Seth Rudetsky; Associate Producer: Andrew Kato and Tim Pinckney
Book by Tom Eyen; Lyrics by Tom Eyen; Music by Henry Krieger; Music orchestrated by Harold Wheeler; Musical Director: Seth Rudetsky
Associate Choreographer: Devanand N. Janki and Robert Tatad; Directed by Brenda Braxton and Danny Herman; Choreographed by Brenda Braxton and Danny Herman
Lighting Design by Paul Gallo; Sound Design by Peter Fitzgerald; Scenic Consultant: Michael Brown; Make-Up Design by MAC Cosmetics
Executive Producer: Catherine Cooke
Technical Supervisor: Peter Fulbright; Production Stage Manager: Beverly Jenkins; Stage Manager: Evan Ensign, Marci Glotzer, Mahlon Kruse and Stephen Gruse
Conducted by Seth Rudetsky
Wardrobe Supervisor: Nanette Golia; Costume Coordinator: Michael Harrell; Press Representative: Barlow-Hartman Public Relations; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.

Cast

Heather Headley	Lorrell Robinson
Audra McDonald	Deena Jones
Lillias White	Effie Melody White

Darius de Haas	C.C. White
Norm Lewis	Curtis Taylor, Jr.
Billy Porter	James Thunder Early
James Stovall	Marty
Tamara Tunie	Michelle Morris

Adrian Bailey	Tiny Joe Dixon
Philip Michael Baskerville	Ensemble
Shoshana Bean	Ensemble
David Benoit	Ensemble
John Bolton	Dwight a TV Director
	TV Stage Manager
Paul Castree	Dave
Kate Coffman-Lloyd	Ensemble
Tomé Cousin	One of "Little Albert and the Tru-Tones"
	One of "The Five Tuxedoes"
Rosa Curry	One of "The Stepp Sisters"
Kyra Little DaCosta	One of "The Stepp Sisters"
Christopher F. Davis	Ensemble
Bobby Daye	Wayne
Aisha de Haas	Charlene
	One of "Les Style"
Bernard Dotson	One of "Little Albert and the Tru-Tones"
	One of "The Five Tuxedoes"
Angelo Fraboni	Ensemble
André Garner	One of "Little Albert and the Tru-Tones"
	One of "The Five Tuxedoes"
Steve Geary	Ensemble
Malcolm Gets	Film Executive
Montego Glover	One of "Les Style"
Edgar Godineaux	Ensemble
Deidre Goodwin	One of "The Stepp Sisters"
James Harkness	Ensemble
Derric Harris	Ensemble
E. Lynn Harris	Announcer
Adam Hunter	Ensemble
Denis Jones	Ensemble
Audrey Klinger	Ensemble
Darren Lee	Ensemble
Adriane Lenox	Joanne
	One of "Les Style"
Brandi Chavonne Massey	Ensemble
	One of "Les Style"
Brian Stokes Mitchell	Jerry a nightclub owner
Jason Opsahl	Ensemble
Orfeh	Photographer
Brad Oscar	Film Executive
Sara Ramirez	Ensemble
T. Oliver Reid	Ensemble
Alice Ripley	One of "The Sweethearts"
Ric Ryder	Ensemble
Emily Skinner	One of "The Sweethearts"
Dennis Stowe	One of "Little Albert and the Tru-Tones"
	One of "The Five Tuxedoes"
Lee Summers	The M.C.
	Mr. Morgan
Richard Waits	One of "Little Albert and the Tru-Tones"
	One of "The Five Tuxedoes"
Patrick Wilson	Film Executive
Eric Woodall	Frank a press agent
Virginia Woodruf	Ensemble

music by Henry Krieger; lyrics by Tom Eyen

ACT 1	Sung By
I'm Looking for Something	The Stepp Sisters
Goin' Downtown	Little Albert and the Tru-Tones
Takin' the Long Way Home	Tiny Joe Dixon
Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)	Effie Melody White, Lorrell Robinson and Deena Jones
Fake Your Way to the Top	James Thunder Early, Effie Melody White, Lorrell Robinson, Deena Jones and The James Early Band
Cadillac Car	Curtis Taylor, Jr., James Thunder Early, C.C. White, Marty and The Company
Cadillac Car (Reprise)	The Company
Cadillac Car (Reprise)	The Company
Cadillac Car (Reprise)	Dave and the Sweethearts
Steppin' to the Bad Side	Curtis Taylor, Jr., C.C. White, James Thunder Early, Wayne, Effie Melody White, Lorrell Robinson, Deena Jones and The Company
Party, Party	The Company
I Want You Baby	James Thunder Early, Effie Melody White, Lorrell Robinson and Deena Jones
Family	C.C. White, Curtis Taylor, Jr., James Thunder Early, Deena Jones and Lorrell Robinson
Dreamgirls	Effie Melody White, Lorrell Robinson and Deena Jones
Press Conference	The Company
Only the Beginning	Curtis Taylor, Jr., Deena Jones and Effie Melody White
Heavy	Effie Melody White, Lorrell Robinson and Deena Jones
Heavy (Reprise)	Effie Melody White, Lorrell Robinson and Deena Jones
It's All Over	Curtis Taylor, Jr., Effie Melody White, Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson, C.C. White, Michelle Morris and James Thunder Early
And I Am Telling You I Am Not Going	Effie Melody White
Love Love You Baby	Lorrell Robinson, Deena Jones and Michelle Morris
ACT 2	Sung By
Dreamgirls (Reprise)	Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson, Michelle Morris and The Company
I Am Changing	Effie Melody White
One More Picture Please	The Company
When I First Saw You	Curtis Taylor, Jr. and Deena Jones
Got to Be Good Times	The Five Tuxedos
Ain't No Party	Lorrell Robinson and James Thunder Early
I Meant You No Harm	James Thunder Early
Quintette	Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson, C.C. White, Michelle Morris and James Thunder Early
The Rap	James Thunder Early, C.C. White, Marty, Frank (a press agent), Lorrell Robinson and The Company
I Miss You Old Friend	Effie Melody White, Marty, C.C. White and Les Style
One Night Only	Effie Melody White
One Night Only (Reprise)	Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson, Michelle Morris and The Company
I'm Somebody	Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson and Michelle Morris
Faith in Myself	Effie Melody White
Hard to Say Goodbye, My Love	Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson and Michelle Morris