Overview
- The staging is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Sue Wagner, John Johnson and LaChanze Productions.
- A global casting search is underway to find The Dreams, with open calls in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Miami, London, Toronto, Mexico City, Amsterdam, Rome and Paris.
- Five-time Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown will both direct and choreograph the new production.
- The revival features Tom Eyen’s book and lyrics and Henry Krieger’s score, with exact dates and the Broadway theater still to be announced.
- Dreamgirls premiered in 1981, won six Tony Awards, and later inspired a 2006 film that earned Jennifer Hudson an Academy Award.