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Photo Features Look Back at the Original Broadway Production of Dreamgirls on Its 35th Anniversary The show opened at the Imperial Theatre December 20,1981.
December 20, 2016
Jennifer Holliday and the cast of Dreamgirls Martha Swope/NYPL

The Henry Krieger-Tom Eyen musical hits its 35th anniversary December 20. The show opened in 1981 starring Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Loretta Devine as “The Dreams.”

Flip through the 13 original production photos below:

Look Back at the Original Broadway Production of Dreamgirls

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Look Back at the Original Broadway Production of Dreamgirls

15 PHOTOS
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Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Loretta Devine
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Sheryl Lee Ralph, Cleavant Derricks, Loretta Devine, Deborah Burrell, Ben Harney, Obba Babatunde, and Jennifer Holliday
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Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Loretta Devine
Dream_Girls_Original_Broadway_Production_04_HR
Sheryl Lee Ralph and Ben Harney
Martha Swope/NYPL
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Sheryl Lee Ralph
Martha Swope/NYPL
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Cast
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Loretta Devine, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Jennifer Holliday
Martha Swope/NYPL
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Ben Harney
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Cleavant Derricks and Loretta Devine
Dream_Girls_Original_Broadway_Production_10_HR
Jennifer Holliday and Ben Harney
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Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday, and Obba Babatunde
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Jennifer Holliday
Martha Swope/NYPL
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Jennifer Holliday and the cast of Dreamgirls
Martha Swope/NYPL
Original cast of <i>Dreamgirls</i>
Original cast of Dreamgirls
Ben Harney and Jennifer Holliday In Dreamgirls HR
Ben Harney and Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls
Martha Swope
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