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Soundboard recording of Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jennifer Holliday, and Loretta Devine as the Dreams performing the musical Dreamgirls' title number. Also featuring Ben Harney as Curtis Taylor Jr. in the numbers "Press Conference" and "Only the Beginning". Photos by Martha Swope, courtesy of the NYPL 0:00 Dreamgirls - The Dreams 3:09 Press Conference - The Company 4:23 Only the Beginning - Curtis, Dee...

Soundboard recording of Jennifer Holliday as Effie White performing "When I Like A Man's Eyes" with Ben Harney as Curtis Taylor, Jr. "When I Like A Man's Eyes" starts off the number "Party, Party". Photo by Martha Swope, courtesy of the NYPL

Soundboard recording of Deborah Burrell as Michelle Morris and Tony Franklin as Wayne performing "I Found You", a cut number, in the Boston tryout of Dreamgirls. Also featuring Sheryl Lee Ralph as Deena, Loretta Devine as Lorrell, Ben Harney as Curtis, and Cleavant Derricks as Jimmy Early. Photos by Martha Swope, courtesy of the NYPL Audio credit: Boston Tryout full audio posted by CDM

Opening night soundboard recording of Jennifer Holliday as Effie White performing the iconic Act I showstopper "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". Also featuring Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, and Deborah Burrell as Deena Jones and the Dreams performing "Love Love You Baby." A passage by New York Times critic Frank Rich from his review of the opening night of Dreamgirls describing this spe...

Soundboard recording of Cleavant Derricks as James Thunder Early performing "I Want You Baby" on the opening night of the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls. Also featuring Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Loretta Devine as the Dreamettes. Photo by Martha Swope, courtesy of the NYPL

A soundboard recording of the opening night performance of the former Dreamgirls Act II opening, performed by the original Broadway cast, featuring Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Deborah Burrell, Cleavant Derricks, Obba Babatundé, Ben Harney, and Company. Photo by Martha Swope, courtesy of the NYPL 00:00 Dreams Medley 04:43 Press Conference (Reprise)