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There was a gleeful reunion this weekend when Matthew Morrison visited his former Glee co-star Amber Riley in London at Dreamgirls!
Morrison posted a photo, seen below, with Riley saying "You are a DREAM girl!!!! The performance you gave tonight was breathtaking and I might have cried! [Y]ou made me proud!"
The long-awaited UK premiere of Dreamgirls opened on Wednesday 14 December at the Savoy Theatre in London, 35 years after originally opening on Broadway. The New York Times has just had the opportunity to weigh in on the production, check out what critic Ben Brantley had to say!
American actress and singer Amber Riley stars as 'Effie White' and is joined in Dreamgirls by Liisi LaFontaine as Deena Jones and Ibinabo Jack as Lorrell Robinson making up the soulful singing trio 'The Dreams'. Joe Aaron Reidplays Curtis Taylor Jr, Adam J. Bernard plays Jimmy Early, Tyrone Huntley plays C.C. White,Nicholas Bailey plays Marty and Lily Frazer plays Michelle Morris with Ruth Brown and Karen Mav alternating the role of Effie White at performances when Amber Riley is not scheduled to perform.
Dreamgirls transports you to a revolutionary time in American music history. Dreamgirls charts the tumultuous journey of a young female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called 'The Dreams', as they learn the hard lesson that show business is as tough as it is fabulous, and features the classic songs 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going', 'I Am Changing', 'Listen' and 'One Night Only'.
Photo by Matthew Morrison on Instagram
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