Dreamgirls continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 5 February 2022 and then tours until 31 December 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ However enjoyable, it doesn’t take long for some musicals to begin to feel a bit dated, but Dreamgirls (opened on Broadway in 1981) just seems to get better […]
Tag Archives | Henry Krieger
Dreamgirls UK tour will star Nicole Raquel Dennis
Sonia Friedman Productions today announced that Nicole Raquel Dennis will play the role of Effie White in the first ever UK tour of Dreamgirls. A finalist on ITV’s The Voice in 2019, Nicole wowed viewers and judges at her blind audition, performing Dreamgirls mega-hit ‘And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going’ alongside team mentor Jennifer […]
Dreamgirls West End cast recording – release details
Newly-crowned Olivier Award winners Amber Riley and Adam J Bernard feature on the highly anticipated Original London Cast Recording of the West End production of Dreamgirls which will be released by Sony Masterworks Broadway next month. Currently available to pre-order now via Amazon, the two CD set will be available via Amazon, iTunes and all […]
Side Show – St. James Theatre, New York
Side Show continues at the St. James Theatre, New York. The revival of Side Show, the enigmatic musical from 1997 that won rave notices but couldn’t sell tickets, has opened on Broadway heralded by a new avalanche of critical acclaim. This new production, described as reinvented and reimagined, tested the waters with runs in San […]
Broadway and Off-Broadway season – we preview what’s ahead
Ron Cohen writes: It’s almost autumn in New York but the thrill of first-nighting (as Vernon Duke expressed it in his classic song) won’t be felt on Broadway – at least as far as musicals are concerned – until mid-October when the first one of the fall opens, a revival of the enduring 1944 landmark On the Town. […]
