Dreamgirls

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In the literature52 passages

Lone with Dreamgirls, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Tommy Tune’s other visual extravaganza, Nine, Grand Hotel was one of the truly towering directorial achievements of the last twenty-five years. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p144

Backstage 1989’s Grand Hotel was the first American musical since 1983’s La Cage Aux Folles to run over 1,000 performances. like Dreamgirls. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p146

The flow and character detail in the stunning, cinematic opening sequence of his directorial masterpiece, Dreamgirls, shows a genius at the absolute top of his sometimes tortured powers, and his death while still at his peak is one of the great losses in the history of Broadway. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p279

His last successful show was Dreamgirls (1981). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p65

Black Musical Theatre: From “Coontown” to “Dreamgirls.” book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p438

whose Dreamgirls was the final musical of 1981 book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p31

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