At Last.
I grew up in New Jersey, right across the river from NYC. So I grew up seeing advertising for all the Broadway musicals, not only on billboards and papers but even on TV. My parents, however, were never big theatre patrons, and the closest I ever got to Broadway with them was seeing the Rockettes and Annie at Radio City Music Hall one Christmas.
It was unforgettable magic.
One of the ad campaigns that stuck in my head was the campaign for Dreamgirls. It would show a curvy singer in a sequin dress, brightly lit and before the crowd, and long before I ever knew what motown was or could do my killer Diana Ross impression, I was entranced.
So I’m really looking forward to seeing the movie version. Kind of like Chicago, and even Rent, and even though I know that the movies are in no way the equivalent of Broadway…it’s still my chance to touch the magic, again.
Tags: dreamgirls, broadway, movies, musicals, eddie murphy
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