Dreamgirls Extends Run at the Apollo Theater
Seven performances have been added to the New York run of Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. The show began previews on November 7, will open on November 22, and is now set to run through December 12, directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom. The production cannot extend further because the Apollo is the first stop on a national tour that continues on December 16 at Baltimore’s Hippodrome at France-Merrick Performing Arts Center.
Dreamgirls tells the rags-to-riches story of a 1960s Motown-type girl group and the triumphs and tribulations that come with fame and fortune.The new production of the Michael Bennett classic introduces Moya Angela as Effie White and features Syesha Mercado as Deena Jones, Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson, Margaret Hoffman as Michelle Morris, Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Chester Gregory as James “Thunder” Early, Trevon Davis as C.C. White and Milton Craig Nealy as Marty Madison. The cast of 26 also includes Felicia Boswell, Tallia Brinson, Patrice Covington, Ronald Duncan, Talitha Farrow, Brittney Griffin, James Harkness, Robert Hartwell, Eric Jackson, Chauncey Jenkins, Jared Joseph, Nikki Kimbrough, Brittany Lewis, Douglas Lyons, Kimberly Marable, Jarran Muse, Amaker Smith and Marc Spaulding.
The Dreamgirls tour features co-choreography by Shane Sparks, scenic design by Robin Wagner, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by Acme Sound Partners, media design by Howard Werner for Lightswitch, music direction by Sam Davis, orchestrations by Harold Wheeler, and vocal arrangements by David Chase & Cleavant Derricks. The national tour is produced by John Breglio for Vienna Waits Productions in association with Chunsoo Shin, Jake Productions & Broadway Across America/TBS.
Following the Apollo Theater engagement, the national tour of Dreamgirls will play Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, Columbus, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Costa Mesa, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Dallas, Kansas City and more.
