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Dreamgirls

Pre-Broadway                                      
1979 Workshop - Under the title "One Night Only" [CD]
1979 - Exact Date Unknown
Nell Carter (Effie)

Composer's Demo
5 Tracks [CD]
Tom Eyen and Henry Kreiger
Note: TRACKING MASTER

 Original Broadway Production                     
Boston Try-Out
November 1981 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard**
Shubert Theatre
Jennifer Holliday (Effie), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Deena), Loretta Devine (Lorell), Ben Harney (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Cleavant Derricks (James Thunder Early), Obba Babatunde (C. C. White), Deborah Burrell (Michelle)

Broadway
December 1981 - Preview.  Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard** [CD]
Imperial Theatre
Jennifer Holliday (Effie), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Deena), Loretta Devine (Lorell), Ben Harney (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Cleavant Derricks (James Thunder Early), Obba Babatunde (C. C. White), Deborah Burrell (Michelle)
Note: TRACKING MASTER

December 20, 1981 - Opening Night **Soundboard**
Imperial Theatre
Jennifer Holliday (Effie), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Deena), Loretta Devine (Lorell), Ben Harney (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Cleavant Derricks (James Thunder Early), Obba Babatunde (C. C. White), Deborah Burrell (Michelle)

1981/1982 - Exact Date Unknown
Imperial Theatre
Jennifer Holliday (Effie), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Deena), Loretta Devine (Lorell), Ben Harney (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Cleavant Derricks (James Thunder Early), Obba Babatunde (C. C. White), Deborah Burrell (Michelle)

December 4, 1982 - Jennifer Holliday's Final Performance **Soundboard** [CD]
Imperial Theatre
Jennifer Holliday (Effie), Linda Lelliani Brown (Deena), Loretta Devine (Lorell), Ben Harney (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Cleavant Derricks (James Thunder Early), Obba Babatunde (C. C. White), Deborah Burrell (Michelle)

April 23, 1985
Imperial Theatre
Roz Ryan (Effie), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Deena Jones), Loretta Devine (Lorrell), Weyman Thompson (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Cleavant Derricks (James Thunder Early), Lawrence Clayton (C. C. White), Theresa Burrell (Michelle)

First National Tour                                      
1983 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard** [CD]
Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles
Lillias White (s/b Effie), Linda Lelliani Brown (Deena), Arnetia Walker (Lorell), Larry Riley (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Clinton Derricks-Carrol (James Thunder Early), Lawerence Clayton (C. C. White), Deborah Burrell (Michelle)

 International Tour                                     
July 1986 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Toronto
Sharon Brown (Effie), Deborah Burrell (Deena), Arnetia Walker (Lorell), Weyman Thompson (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Herbert L. Rawlings (James Thunder Early)
Note: Includes some odd bonus tracks

 1987 Return Engagement                               
June 28, 1987 - Opening Night
Ambassador Theatre
Lillias White (Effie), Alyse Gyse (Deena), Arnetia Walker (Lorell), Weyman Thompson (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Herbert L. Rawlings (James Thunder Early), Kevyn Morrow (C. C. White)

1997 Touring Revival                                    
January 13, 1998 - B. J. Crosby's First Performance
Baltimore, MD
B. J. Crosby (Effie), LaTonya Hall (Deena), Tonya Dixon (Lorell), Brian Everrett Chandler (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Kevin-Anthony (James Thunder Early)                    

2001 Actor's Fund of America Concert
September 23, 2001
Ford Center for the Peforming Arts
Lillias White (Effie), Audra McDonald (Deena), Heather Headley (Lorell), Norm Lewis (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Billy Porter (James Thunder Early), Darius deHaas (C. C. White), Tamyra Tunie (Michelle)
Note: 1st Annual Concert

2009 National Tour
November 11, 2009 - Preview [CD]
Apollo Theatre, New York
Moya Angela (Effie), Syesha Mercado (Deena), Adrienne Warren (Lorell), Chaz Lamar Shepherd (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Chester Gregory (James Thunder Early), Milton Craig Neely (C. C. White), Margaret Hoffman (Michelle)

November 12, 2009 - Preview [CD]
Apollo Theatre, New York
Moya Angela (Effie), Syesha Mercado (Deena), Adrienne Warren (Lorell), Chaz Lamar Shepherd (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Chester Gregory (James Thunder Early), Milton Craig Neely (C. C. White), Margaret Hoffman (Michelle)
Note: TRACKING MASTER

November 14, 2009 - Preview [CD]
Apollo Theatre, New York
Moya Angela (Effie), Syesha Mercado (Deena), Adrienne Warren (Lorell), Chaz Lamar Shepherd (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Chester Gregory (James Thunder Early), Milton Craig Neely (C. C. White), Margaret Hoffman (Michelle)
Note: TRACKING MASTER
 
REGIONAL PRODUCTIONS                               
1988 Regional Tour
Summer 1988 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard** [CD]
North Shore Music Theatre
Cheryl Barnes (Effie), Theresa Hayes (Deena), Connie A. Jackson (Lorell), Tony Franklin (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Phillip Gilmore (James Thunder Early), Kevyn Morrow (C. C. White), Linda Lloyd (Michelle)

2002 Theater of the Stars Production
July 2002 - Exact Date Unknown
Fox Theatre, Atlanta
Jennifer Holliday (Effie), Alyse Gyse (Deena), Ramona Keller (Lorell), Norm Lewis (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Eugene Fleming (James Thunder Early), Joe Wilson, Jr. (C. C. White), Ginai Curry (Michelle)

2004 Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Production
August 10, 2004 - Opening Night
Benedum Center
Frenchie Davis (Effie), Vanita Harbor (Deena), Montego Glover (Lorell), Norm Lewis (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Billy Porter (James Thunder Early), Ron Kellum (C. C. White), Manoly Farrel (Michelle)
Note: Low quality, sounds almost ripped from a scratched CD

2006 Prince Music Theatre Production
December 2006 - Exact Date Unknown
Prince Music Theatre
Nova Payton (Effie), Chauntee Shuler (Deena), CJay Hardy Phillip (Lorell), Kevyn Morrow (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Eugene Fleming (James Thunder Early), Forrest McClendon (C. C. White), Alexis Sims (Michelle)
Note: TRACKING MASTER.  This is the complete show, there is an incomplete audio from December, but it isn't this one.

January 10, 2007
Prince Music Theatre
Nova Payton (Effie), Chauntee Shuler (Deena), CJay Hardy Phillip (Lorell), Kevyn Morrow (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Eugene Fleming (James Thunder Early), Forrest McClendon (C. C. White), Alexis Sims (Michelle)

2007 Theater of the Stars Production
July 19, 2007
Theatre of the Stars, Atlanta
Jennifer Holliday (Effie), Cindy Hewon-Braggs (Deena), Brandi Chavonne Massey (Lorrell), David Jennings (Curtis Taylor, Jr.), Eugene Fleming (James Thunder Early), Destan Owens (C.C. WhiteEu)