I love DREAMGIRLS, had the honor of playing Effie and I tell you J. Holiday is one tough act to follow. Let me know what you think of my performances on my channel.
Why don't they make commercials this good for musicals anymore? This one was a little before my time but I remember watching it on a BETA video tape my bro had of various Broadway show clips. I'd rewind it and rewind it and watch it again and again. They were so exciting!
Obviously they have the entre filmed and in excellent quality...they really should release it...in fact they should have released it in 2006 to promote the film or in 2007 after its release when interest was VERY high...i really would have sold then
TOTALLY AGREE and thats just the way the original show was. It was groundbreaking in its use of cinematic scene and costume changes. So mad that I was born in the 80s and didnt grow up in them!
ok ok tell me something....the movie was good the stage play was amazing it won so many tony awards and grammys right? so who ever owns the rights to this wonderful peice of history just put it out and stop making it rot in so closet somewhere please.
Sheryl, Loretta & Jennifer (Holiday) are and will always be the Dreams. The way they moved and sung made us fall in love with them. After the Dreams took the stage we completely forgot about superstar James Thunder Early. This is not the case in the movie. "Thunder" stole the show. After him, the movie version of the "Dreams" were boring. Beyonce and Jennifer (Hudson) were wooden and the girls didn't move sexy. The movie is a dude! Bring back the true Dreams named Sheryl, Loretta & Jennifer!
They did make a longer version that showed in New York City movie theaters back in the early 1980s. This shorter one was for television. I have seen the longer one posted on youtube.
Thanks. Though realizing the owners might never release it I'd rather NOT know there was a recording for movie theaters back in the 80's.
It was such a HUGE hit on broadway that there must be professionally recorded audio tapings and filmings of the live OBC shows.
If so there in private vaults and only the creators of the show or the Geffen and associated producers have copies. The rich and powerful only give the public snipits so they want more and never will get it.
the only pro-shot of the OBC is at the New York City public library, but you can not check it out, the only way you can view it is to get written premission from the estate of Michael Bennett (which im sure they rarely grant unless for specific reason) only then you can screen there!
I would save money to go to NYC and view it. Forget seeing a Broadway show (I would love to but if i had the money to view this footage, it totally would skip out on seeing anything live....lol).
Trivia: the original Lorrell in the Broadway version (in this clip, the tall one who is mostly on Deena's left) is Loretta Devine who sings I MISS YOU OLD FRIEND at the club in the movie (after Jimmy dies).
I love this video, but does anyone know where to find it for download? Thanks for putting it up, by the way. I never saw it on broadway, and it looks snappier than the movie, although that was excellent also. But if anyone knows were to find it, that would be great.
i wish i was around when it was on broadway,it seems so much better then film version(not that the film version wasnt good,just the broafway version looks better)have they done any broadway productions of dreamgirls in london?
Seeing this commercial brings back memeories... I mean I was 4 or 5 when this clip was broadcast and we used to sing this at school.. thanks for posting. This lets you know the movie version had much to fall in line with as well as bring to life. This shows me I aint no spring chicken no more lol
It did. Act 2 opens with their Vegas Revue 5 years after Effie was kicked out (that is where the red dresses in the video come from). "One Night Only" had much more glamourous costumes. There is also another Dreams concert later in ACT 2 when Effie confronts Curtis. The girls wear silver gowns and only sing a few lines of "I'm Somebody", but it too adds to the glamour of the second act.
They were in 2006 but i guest it never happened. it was rumored that the revival would not have the 15 mins of cuts that were done to act2 in 1983. And it was going to cost 11 million dollars to do
Or not? I'm breaking my law of not comparing for once to comment on how Sheryl Lee Ralph's tone was much softer and fit into the time period better than Beyonce's (although Mrs. Knowles does a great job)
OMG..I have been searching for this commercial ever since I realized There was gonna be a movie coming out about it....this commercial made me want to be glam....I was in the 2nd grade..lol.
Yes I believe it Linnyspartan she did fabulous and would you believe she's the only ORIGINAL Dreamgirl in the movie she has her own lil part and I think she did great
GREAT POSTING. Is there a copy of the FULL VERSION commercial anywhere... its like 2.5 minutes long and has vocals from the cast members... J.H. "Curtis I've always done lead...I WON'T DO IT!"
I can't believe this is posted here. When I was 16 years old I saw Dreamgirls on my first trip to NYC. BLew me away. I have the original Playbill with autographs from the whole cast including Michael Bennett (hmm, I wonder if it is worth anything today?:)
Michael Bennett (the director) was a dancer on Hullabaloo, one of the teen 60's shows that the Supremes performed on alot. I bet he used alot of his own personal backstage knowledge on them which im sure made this play so successful.
I remember when Dreamgirls came to Atlanta it was the same commercial. Dam I don't know how I remembered it cause I was only 7 but it must have left a mark on my mind.
I love DREAMGIRLS, had the honor of playing Effie and I tell you J. Holiday is one tough act to follow. Let me know what you think of my performances on my channel.
JoyceLicorish 9 months ago
OMG.. I remember this commercial. I saw Dreamgirls on Broadway and to this day it is my favorite play of all time!!
scratchnandsurvivn 1 year ago
OOoooooooppppppps comment was placed on wrong thread :-( Let me find them chicks the comment was intended for.
Tony136p 1 year ago
Not bad at all... however the act could've stood a LOT more choreograpics...
Tony136p 1 year ago
Why don't they make commercials this good for musicals anymore? This one was a little before my time but I remember watching it on a BETA video tape my bro had of various Broadway show clips. I'd rewind it and rewind it and watch it again and again. They were so exciting!
LaMisereHQ 1 year ago
Obviously they have the entre filmed and in excellent quality...they really should release it...in fact they should have released it in 2006 to promote the film or in 2007 after its release when interest was VERY high...i really would have sold then
ninetiesbaby10 2 years ago
this ad looks more like a movie trailer than even the movie trailer did lol
Ramsgate15 2 years ago 6
TOTALLY AGREE and thats just the way the original show was. It was groundbreaking in its use of cinematic scene and costume changes. So mad that I was born in the 80s and didnt grow up in them!
cabupa 2 years ago
thanks for posting!!
RedboneLadyT 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this! I am flashing back!
MERGchronicles 2 years ago
ok ok tell me something....the movie was good the stage play was amazing it won so many tony awards and grammys right? so who ever owns the rights to this wonderful peice of history just put it out and stop making it rot in so closet somewhere please.
madboom 3 years ago 2
This has been flagged as spam show
look at my channel, i Have Dreamgirls OBC footage!
melio0892 3 years ago
THEY HAVE BOOTLEGS OUT
babyboi1002 3 years ago 2
look at jennifer she own that stage so did loretta and sheryl i would have loved to se this in person!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
serglew09 3 years ago 2
will they ever put the original on dvd?
cannoda 3 years ago
Sheryl, Loretta & Jennifer (Holiday) are and will always be the Dreams. The way they moved and sung made us fall in love with them. After the Dreams took the stage we completely forgot about superstar James Thunder Early. This is not the case in the movie. "Thunder" stole the show. After him, the movie version of the "Dreams" were boring. Beyonce and Jennifer (Hudson) were wooden and the girls didn't move sexy. The movie is a dude! Bring back the true Dreams named Sheryl, Loretta & Jennifer!
KurtLovesMotown 3 years ago
Too bad they never put out a video of the full Originial Broadwas cast show. Looks like the scenes in this commercial were from a longer filming.
chopsnslams 3 years ago
They did make a longer version that showed in New York City movie theaters back in the early 1980s. This shorter one was for television. I have seen the longer one posted on youtube.
phatparents 3 years ago
Thanks. Though realizing the owners might never release it I'd rather NOT know there was a recording for movie theaters back in the 80's.
It was such a HUGE hit on broadway that there must be professionally recorded audio tapings and filmings of the live OBC shows.
If so there in private vaults and only the creators of the show or the Geffen and associated producers have copies. The rich and powerful only give the public snipits so they want more and never will get it.
chopsnslams 3 years ago
the only pro-shot of the OBC is at the New York City public library, but you can not check it out, the only way you can view it is to get written premission from the estate of Michael Bennett (which im sure they rarely grant unless for specific reason) only then you can screen there!
GETOSUPASTAR 2 years ago 2
I would save money to go to NYC and view it. Forget seeing a Broadway show (I would love to but if i had the money to view this footage, it totally would skip out on seeing anything live....lol).
cabupa 2 years ago 2
where on here ? i need to c it plz
changingeverymin 3 years ago
i have the whole OBC video and Tour video, there are some vids in my channel! Check it out
melio0892 3 years ago 2
Trivia: the original Lorrell in the Broadway version (in this clip, the tall one who is mostly on Deena's left) is Loretta Devine who sings I MISS YOU OLD FRIEND at the club in the movie (after Jimmy dies).
Oberon1900 4 years ago
I love this video, but does anyone know where to find it for download? Thanks for putting it up, by the way. I never saw it on broadway, and it looks snappier than the movie, although that was excellent also. But if anyone knows were to find it, that would be great.
flamedraconis 4 years ago
there is a program to download video from youtube to your pc.
Megatone65 4 years ago
i wish i was around when it was on broadway,it seems so much better then film version(not that the film version wasnt good,just the broafway version looks better)have they done any broadway productions of dreamgirls in london?
lady2step1 4 years ago
Seeing this commercial brings back memeories... I mean I was 4 or 5 when this clip was broadcast and we used to sing this at school.. thanks for posting. This lets you know the movie version had much to fall in line with as well as bring to life. This shows me I aint no spring chicken no more lol
timbalandj 4 years ago
The broadway version seemed to have alot more sparkle and glamour than the movie
legedaryone 4 years ago
It did. Act 2 opens with their Vegas Revue 5 years after Effie was kicked out (that is where the red dresses in the video come from). "One Night Only" had much more glamourous costumes. There is also another Dreams concert later in ACT 2 when Effie confronts Curtis. The girls wear silver gowns and only sing a few lines of "I'm Somebody", but it too adds to the glamour of the second act.
phatparents 4 years ago
i heard they were goin to revive the broadway play sumtime
dc44life 4 years ago
They were in 2006 but i guest it never happened. it was rumored that the revival would not have the 15 mins of cuts that were done to act2 in 1983. And it was going to cost 11 million dollars to do
rocky362 3 years ago
yes, lord, yes!!!
marklovesportland 4 years ago
damn i wish i could watch this one they should release it on dvd
Tidusmax 4 years ago
hello
lady2step 5 years ago
Man I wish I'd been around to see this show live! I love their version of "One Night Only" - much nicer than the new one.
mateo2k6 5 years ago
HOw bout i jokingly got angry at my mother for birthing after the show...I want to see it so bad!
chipoetess 5 years ago
Me too do you know if that exist
Sunnydaleexile06 5 years ago
Beyonce (or however you spell it) is like an ant compared to Sheryl Lee Ralph AND Jennifer Hudson.
PreciousEarthquakes 5 years ago
dude u iz rele f-up if u can even compare to some skanky ass has been sheryl to the 1 and only priceless Beyonce!!
nayaawaryaa 5 years ago
Or not? I'm breaking my law of not comparing for once to comment on how Sheryl Lee Ralph's tone was much softer and fit into the time period better than Beyonce's (although Mrs. Knowles does a great job)
ndclarinetist 5 years ago
thank you, beyonce sings those songs to RnB
rocky362 5 years ago
Before YOU criticize ANYONE else you need to write, and I can assume speak,in english not in ebonics, fool!
pooptyme 5 years ago
Yeah, as much as I love Beyonce, her vice was way too good to fit the part of Deena Jones, however, Sheryl's was completely perfect!
FiyeroUnderstudy123 4 years ago 5
OMG..I have been searching for this commercial ever since I realized There was gonna be a movie coming out about it....this commercial made me want to be glam....I was in the 2nd grade..lol.
mrstecstash 5 years ago
i say the movie today it was AWSOME!
FOTRgrantzidel 5 years ago
Those were the days...
renthead5256 5 years ago
I love this Spot. A M A Z I N G !
KJBC 5 years ago
Yes I believe it Linnyspartan she did fabulous and would you believe she's the only ORIGINAL Dreamgirl in the movie she has her own lil part and I think she did great
JuzThaFakTz 5 years ago
GREAT POSTING. Is there a copy of the FULL VERSION commercial anywhere... its like 2.5 minutes long and has vocals from the cast members... J.H. "Curtis I've always done lead...I WON'T DO IT!"
MHS994TTS 5 years ago
I can't believe this is posted here. When I was 16 years old I saw Dreamgirls on my first trip to NYC. BLew me away. I have the original Playbill with autographs from the whole cast including Michael Bennett (hmm, I wonder if it is worth anything today?:)
polixter 5 years ago
I'll pay you $200 for it!
dadevi 5 years ago
Hell yeah its worth something, put it on ebay i bet ud get a thousand or more dollars
moeluv1277 5 years ago
Michael Bennett (the director) was a dancer on Hullabaloo, one of the teen 60's shows that the Supremes performed on alot. I bet he used alot of his own personal backstage knowledge on them which im sure made this play so successful.
ciccocenta 5 years ago
GREAT posting! I remember seeing this commercial when I was a kid and wanting to see this musical badly, even though I knew nothing about it.
Sox575 5 years ago
All I can say is that the upcoming movie has some big shoes to fill and i hope they can do it!
lloydj74 5 years ago
Would you believe that Loretta Devine was in the cast.
linnyspartan 5 years ago
I know. Though she's gained a little weight, she's still awesome! She's a terrific actress as well, but her voice is awesome!
kentragin 5 years ago
AWESOME!!
cdr225 5 years ago
OMG...thank you for posting this !!!
DayneXY 5 years ago
I certainly wish I could have seen this on Broadway but I was only a few months old when it closed its doors in 1985. I was like 4 months old
armanisilk 5 years ago
this was was filling to my soul!
yoforealsexinig 5 years ago
FABU!!! :D
samedifference 5 years ago
now that's the way a commercial is supposed to look.
bryandemond 5 years ago
I remember when Dreamgirls came to Atlanta it was the same commercial. Dam I don't know how I remembered it cause I was only 7 but it must have left a mark on my mind.
st8fromdadec 5 years ago
cool
geeslady2020 5 years ago
Thank you for posting this!!!! The color is amazing!!! Wow, the commerical is just as dazzling to watch as the show. Once again, thank you!!!!!!!!!!
lf1234 5 years ago
THAT WAS WONDERFULL AND IN COLOR WOW
rocky362 5 years ago