Dreamgirls Opening Night (1981) - "Dreamgirls" - Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jennifer Holliday, Loretta Devine

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, Deena, & Effie

[@jzk1990]

Wow people have really slept on Sheryl’s voice! It makes so much sense why she’s Deena Jones!!!

[@jzk1990]

So good

[@ameliabedelia7018]

I didn’t realize that Jennifer Hudson was old enough to be in this 1981 production.

[@lovechanges3932]

She isn't.

[@BTalTV]

Um. . . she was born after 81.

[@ameliabedelia7018]

@@BTalTV so how she star on broadway if she wasn’t even born?

[@lovechanges3932]

@@ameliabedelia7018 Jennifer HOLIDAY star on Dreamgirls on Broadway. Jennifer HUDSON star on the 2006 movie adaptation.

[@jasonmatthews534]

It’s so fast. Wow!

[@Isaac-xc8bq]

I hope the rumors are true of the London production transferring next year