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Production Information


Previews:	June 22, 1987 (7 previews)
Opening:	June 28, 1987
Closing:	November 29, 1987
# Performances:	177
Theatres:	Ambassador Theatre (6/28/1987 - 11/29/1987)
	Ambassador Theatre (6/22/1987 - 11/29/1987)
Production Type:	Revival
Production Status:	Closed
Run Type:	Limited Run
Market:	Broadway
Intermissions:	1

Production Staff

Theoni V. Aldredge

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Costume Designer

Michael Bennett

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Choreographer

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Director

Marc Falcone

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Musical Director

Otts Munderloh

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Sound Designer

Tharon Musser

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Lighting Designer

Michael Peters

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Choreographer
(Co-Choreographer)

Robin Wagner

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Scenic Designer

Harold Wheeler

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Orchestrator

Original Cast | Replacements

Herbert L. Rawlings, Jr.	....	James Thunder Early
Susan Beaubian	....	The Stepp Sisters
	....	Michelle Morris
	....	One of "The Stepp Sisters"
	....	Deena Jones (Understudy)
	....	Lorrell Robinson (Understudy)
Stephen Bourneuf	....	T.V. Stage Manager
	....	Dave & The Sweethearts
	....	Dave
	....	Ensemble
	....	TV Stage Manager
Brenda Braxton	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Charlene (Understudy)
	....	Edna Burke (Understudy)
	....	Joanne (Understudy)
	....	Lorrell Robinson (Understudy)
	....	One of "The Sweethearts" (Understudy)
Yvette Louise Cason	....	Les Style
	....	Charlene
	....	Ensemble
	....	One of "Les Style"
	....	Effie Melody White (Understudy)
Tim Cassidy	....	Frank (a press agent)
	....	Ensemble
	....	Dave (Understudy)
Robert Clater	....	Ensemble
	....	One of "Little Albert and the Tru-Tones"
	....	One of "The Five Tuxedoes"
	....	One of "The James Early Band"
	....	Dwight (Understudy)
	....	Wayne (Understudy)
Bobby Daye	....	Little Albert & The Tru-Tones
	....	The James Early Band
	....	The Five Tuxedos
	....	Ensemble
	....	One of "Little Albert and the Tru-Tones"
	....	One of "The Five Tuxedoes"
	....	One of "The James Early Band"
	....	C.C. White (Understudy)
Matthew Dickens	....	Little Albert & The Tru-Tones
	....	The James Early Band
	....	The Five Tuxedos
	....	Ensemble
	....	Film Executive
	....	One of "Little Albert and the Tru-Tones"
	....	One of "The Five Tuxedoes"
	....	One of "The James Early Band"
Germaine Edwards	....	Little Albert & The Tru-Tones
	....	The James Early Band
	....	The Five Tuxedos
	....	Ensemble
	....	One of "Little Albert and the Tru-Tones"
	....	One of "The Five Tuxedoes"
	....	One of "The James Early Band"
Robert Fowler	....	Carl
	....	Little Albert & The Tru-Tones
	....	The James Early Band
	....	The Five Tuxedos
	....	Film Executive
	....	Ensemble
	....	Carl (a piano player)
	....	Ensemble
	....	Film Executive
	....	One of "Little Albert and the Tru-Tones"
	....	One of "The Five Tuxedoes"
	....	One of "The James Early Band"
Phillip Gilmore	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Carl (Understudy)
	....	Dwight (Understudy)
	....	James Thunder Early (Understudy)
	....	Mr. Morgan (Understudy)
	....	Security Guard (Understudy)
	....	The M.C. (Understudy)
	....	Tiny Joe Dixon (Understudy)
	....	TV Stage Manager (Understudy)
	....	Wayne (Understudy)
Alisa Gyse	....	Deena Jones
Rhetta Hughes	....	The Stepp Sisters
	....	Les Style
	....	Ensemble
	....	One of "Les Style"
	....	One of "The Stepp Sisters"
	....	Lorrell Robinson (Understudy)
Roy L. Jones	....	Marty
Lynda McConnell	....	Les Style
	....	Ensemble
	....	Joanne
	....	One of "Les Style"
	....	Deena Jones (Understudy)
	....	Michelle Morris (Understudy)
Kevyn Morrow	....	C.C. White
Milton Craig Nealy	....	Ensemble
	....	Wayne
	....	Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Understudy)
	....	James Thunder Early (Understudy)
	....	Jerry (Understudy)
	....	Marty (Understudy)
	....	The M.C. (Understudy)
Harold Perrineau	....	Little Albert & The Tru-Tones
	....	The James Early Band
	....	The Five Tuxedos
	....	Ensemble
Leonard Piggee	....	Tiny Joe Dixon/Jerry/Security Guard
	....	Jerry (a nightclub owner)
	....	Ensemble
	....	Security Guard
	....	Tiny Joe Dixon
	....	Marty (Understudy)
Herbert L. Rawlings, Jr.	....	James Thunder Early
R. Lachanze Sapp	....	The Stepp Sisters
	....	Les Style
	....	Ensemble
	....	One of "Les Style"
	....	One of "The Stepp Sisters"
	....	Deena Jones (Understudy)
	....	Michelle Morris (Understudy)
Graciela Simpson	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Charlene (Understudy)
	....	Edna Burke (Understudy)
	....	Joanne (Understudy)
	....	One of "The Sweethearts" (Understudy)
Vernon Spencer	....	M.C./Mr. Morgan
	....	Ensemble
	....	Mr. Morgan
	....	The M.C.
	....	Jerry (Understudy)
	....	Marty (Understudy)
Stephen Terrell	....	Dwight
	....	The James Early Band
	....	Film Executive
	....	Ensemble
David Thomé	....	Dwight (a TV Director)
	....	Ensemble
	....	Film Executive
	....	One of "The James Early Band"
	....	Frank (Understudy)
Weyman Thompson	....	Curtis Taylor, Jr.
Darryl Eric Tribble	....	Performer (Swing)
	....	Carl (Understudy)
	....	Frank (Understudy)
	....	Security Guard (Understudy)
	....	Tiny Joe Dixon (Understudy)
Shirley Tripp	....	Dave & The Sweethearts
	....	Ensemble
	....	One of "The Sweethearts"
Loraine Velez	....	One of "The Stepp Sisters"
	....	One of "The Sweethearts"
Lorraine Velez	....	The Stepp Sisters
	....	Dave & The Sweethearts
	....	Ensemble
Arnetia Walker	....	Lorrell Robinson
	....	Effie Melody White (Understudy)
Fuschia Walker	....	Edna Burke
	....	Ensemble
	....	Effie Melody White (Understudy)
Lillias White	....	Effie Melody White

[Full Cast & Staff]

Dreamgirls

(Return Engagement [Broadway], 1987)