Dance to the ‘Music with Dream Girls’

'Dreamgirls' the cinematic version of the timeless musical with a story and music that has thrilled and entertained theatergoers around the world will be screened at the American Centre, Galle Road, Colombo-3 at 6 pm on Tuesday, November 27. It is the story based on the Broadway musical that tells the story of a black female singing group that crosses over to the pop charts in the 1960s.

After losing a local talent competition, the Dreamettes (Deena, Lorrell, and Effe) are offered the chance to sing backup for rising star Jimmy Early by the local Cadillac dealer and aspiring producer Curtis Taylor. As Early rises to success, he begins having an affair with Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose), and Effie (Jennifer Hudson) begins a romance with Curtis. When the girls get a solo act, Curtis has Deena (Beyonce Knowles) singing lead, which outrages Effe, who clearly has the best voice of the three. The Dreamettes are now the Dreams, and as the group becomes more popular, Effe becomes more fed up with all the attention being given to Deena, even to the point of walking out of performances.

Dreamgirls was written and directed for the screen by Bill Condon, screenwriter of the Academy Award-winning film adaptation of Chicago, working from the original Broadway book by Tom Eyen and the Broadway songs by Eyen and Henry Krieger. It won three awards at the 64th Golden Globe Awards ceremony in 2007, including Best Picture - Musical or Comedy, and won two Oscars at the 79th Academy Awards.

This musical drama which was released in December 2006 was shot in Los Angeles and California and it made US box office $103,338,338. The film is a 2006 American musical film jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures.