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Line 1: {{work}}{{cleanup\|This page tries to cover both the stage musical and the movie. They should be broken out into separate pages.}} ~~{{work}}~~ [[File:dreamgirls460.jpg\|frame\|From left: Lorrell, Deena and Effie.]] {{quote\|''We're your Dreamgirls, boys!▼ ''We'll make you happy.▼ ''Yeah...▼ ''We're your Dreamgirls~~...~~, boys!▼ ''We'll always care.▼ ''We're your Dreamgirls... ''Dreamgirls will never leave you!▼ ''No, no...▼ ''And all you have to do is dream, baby.▼ ''We'll be there! ~~We'll be there!~~\|From the title song.}}▼ {{quote\|We're'And ~~your~~I ~~Dreamgirls~~am telling you, ~~boys!~~I'm not going... ~~{{quote\|And I am telling you, I'm not going...~~\|Opening line of its most famous number.}}▼ ▲We'll make you happy. ▲Yeah... ▲We're your Dreamgirls, boys! ▲We'll always care. ▲We're your Dreamgirls... ▲Dreamgirls will never leave you! ▲No, no... ▲And all you have to do is dream, baby. ▲We'll be there!\|From the title song.}} Opening in 1981, '''''Dreamgirls''''' is composer Henry Krieger and lyricist/librettist Tom Eyen's tribute to the lives and struggles of many 1960s R&B acts. A film version was released in 2006 [[Development Hell\|after being in the works for years.]]▼ ▲{{quote\|And I am telling you, I'm not going...\|Opening line of its most famous number.}} ▲Opening in 1981, ''Dreamgirls'' is composer Henry Krieger and lyricist/librettist Tom Eyen's tribute to the lives and struggles of many 1960s R&B acts. A film version was released in 2006 [[Development Hell\|after being in the works for years.]] Mainly inspired by the story of The Supremes, ''Dreamgirls'' follows the lives of the Dreams, composed of full-figured and sassy lead singer Effie White, driven Deena Jones, and mousy Lorrell Robinson. With the help of Effie's songwriting brother C.C., the girls dream of leaving the slums of Detroit. They are plucked from obscurity by Curtis Taylor Jr., who becomes their manager, and arranges to have them sing backup for superstar Jimmy "Thunder" Early. While the Thunderman begins a long-term affair with Lorrell while married, Curtis falls in love with Effie. But when he decides to give the group their own act, he shifts his attention to the more conventionally beautiful Deena, pushing her to the top, and leaving Effie quite out in the cold. Years later, Curtis' ambitions for Deena clash with Effie's attempts to start on her own. More Drama Ensues. Line 84 ⟶ 85: [[Category:Dreamgirls]] [[Category:Golden Globe Award]] [[Category:Films Based on Musicals]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Multiple Works Need Separate Pages]]