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November 19, 2005
DREAMWORKS MAKES STAGE DREAMS COME TRUE
"Effective January 1, 2006, DreamWorks Pictures will play the licensing fees for all amateur productions of the award-winning musical “Dreamgirls” in the United States and Canada. This will encompass any amateur productions mounted in the calendar year 2006 at high schools, colleges and community theater, but will not extend to dinner theaters and other professional productions. The program is being offered in conjunction with the owners of the original musical - which include the estate of Michael Bennett, who directed, choreographed and produced the original Broadway musical, and the Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc – with the goal of introducing a new generation fo theatergoers to “Dreamgirls” in advance of DreamWorks; late 2006 release of the long-awaited screen version of the musical.
Theater companies interested in mounting a production of “Dreamgirls” should contact…"
Very clever marketing hook. See this and more at the new Dreamgirls website.
Posted by poland at November 19, 2005 01:03 AM
Comments
Good idea. It's a show I know absolutely nothing about beyond the fact that there seem to be a lot of black characters.
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at November 19, 2005 01:30 AM
Nice to see they're taking the money they saved from not meeting Jamie Foxx's ridiculous demands and put it good use.
Posted by: Joe Straat at November 19, 2005 01:44 AM
I too know barely anything about it except that it's a vague retelling of The Supremes.
Jennifer Hudson as an Academy Award Nominee? Will be see it?
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at November 19, 2005 04:13 AM
Can never accuse Dreamworks of no trying.
Posted by: Sanchez at November 19, 2005 10:00 AM
"Will be see it?" is obviously meant to read "Will we see it?"
It's weird that at the official site they have created the main image and the wallpaper without Jennifer Hudson's name yet they have a big giant press release stating it.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at November 19, 2005 09:28 PM
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