Cleavant Derricks

On stage 6 productions, 27 years

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Worked with more than once5 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Eyen’s skill was apparent even with lesser characters. James “Thunder” Early (Cleavant Derricks) loudly complained that the sandwich he’d ordered wasn’t correctly seasoned. That immediately told audiences that he was a star, for only someone of importance would dare to grouse over something so trivial.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
• Cast: Obba Babatunde, Cleavant Derricks, Loretta Devine, Ben Harney, Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Deborah Burrellebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Dreamgirls. Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Cleavant Derricks. (Martha Swope)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Like Jazz was fabulous, Cleavant Derricks, Patti Austin. Fabulous cast. The direction wasn’t clear but the talent was superb. Some of the best music that Cy and the Bergmans have done. I’d love to see that show press forward and get produced again. Cy left us very suddenly.ebooks/Shapiro, Eddie/Nothing Like a Dame_ Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater - Eddie Shapiro.txt
• Auditions and callbacks lasted through November. The recent close of Dreamgirls —an undeniable hit after four years on Broadway—freed up stars Cleavant Derricks and Loretta Devine for major roles, and as many as eight hundred others sang and danced for Fosse and casting director Howard Feuer over four long days. “If you know a dancer that…ebooks/Wasson, Sam/Fosse - Sam Wasson.txt
• BEN HARNEY, OBBA BABATUNDE, CLEAVANT DERRICKS, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY, LORETTA DEVINE, SHERYL LEE RALPH in “DREAMGIRLS”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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