Sonia Friedman Bringing DREAMGIRLS to the West End; Casey Nicholaw to Direct?
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 12, 2015
DREAMGIRLS is headed to the West End!
According to the Daily Mail, producer Sonia Friedman has the rights to tackle a full West End production, with BOOK OF MORMON and ALADDIN helmer Casey Nicholaw in talks for the director's chair.
The London show will open more than three decades after the original Broadway production, which was directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett and starred Jennifer Holliday as 'Effie'. It won six 1982 Tony Awards, for Best Book (Tom Eyen), Best Actor (Ben Harney), Best Actress (Holliday), Best Featured Actor (Cleavant Derricks), Best Lighting Design (Tharon Musser), and Best Choreography (Bennett & Michael Peters).
Bill Condon's 2006 film adaptation featured Jennifer Hudson as 'Effie'. The Mail's Baz Bamigboye speculates that DREAMGIRLS producers are eyeing Cynthia Erivo for a part in the new production.
DREAMGIRLS has music by Henry Krieger and book & lyrics by Tom Eyen. Based on the stories of R&B acts such as The Supremes, James Brown and more, DREAMGIRLS centers on a trio of young female singers from Chicago called The Dreams who become superstars.
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