Broadway Show ‘Dreamgirls’ makes it to Big Screen

It took nearly twenty-five years for the Broadway show ‘Dreamgirls’ to make it from Broadway to the big screen, but the show packs quite the punch with performances by Jamie Foxx, Byoncé Knowles and Eddie Murphy. The movie, like its Broadway predecessor, is loosely based on the lives of the Supremes who made names for themselves as a Motown sound. For those who remember the Broadway version of ‘Dreamgirls,’ they will be pleasantly surprised to see that the movie adaptation has keep much of the light and sound of the original in tact.

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‘Dreamgirls’ is not the first time that Hollywood has tried to turn a Broadway musical into a successful picture. Usually, the experiment does not work. Arguably ‘Rent’ and ‘Phantom of the Opera’ did not translate as well to the big screen and the remake of the ‘The Producers’ was a complete disaster when translated from Broadway to film. ‘Chicago’ did a decent job of keeping the feel of the Broadway show alive and ‘Dreamgirls’ will likely add that short list of Broadway musicals that made the successful transition to Hollywood. The Boston Globe published a story that traces how members of the original Broadway musical are being swept aside by the Hollywood production.

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