Dreamgirls - Savoy / UK Tour

Join the club! She is phenomenal, a real talent and is one of the best performances I have ever seen! Would of been awful to see her leave!

I hate to be a pain but can someone post a picture of the understudy list from the programme please ?

So, I saw the show on Wednesday matinee this week and caught the full cast as listed in the programme above.

I enjoyed it. I thought that it was fabulously staged, lit, costumed, choreographed and all the cast were on fire. Sweat was literally flying off the dancers - very tight execution of the choreography. Of the principles I especially liked Tyrone Huntley as CC and Adam J Bernard as Jimmy Early and Joe Aaron Reid as Curtis.

Amber Riley nearly blew the roof off the theatre! How she does that even 7 shows a week I will never know. Phenomenal!!!Plus for good measure a great stage presence with excellent comic timing.

However, and this is where I am going to be a little controversial..... I felt the show lacked light and shade and one full on number followed another - it was a bit relentless.

My other observation was that the show took belt singing to a whole new level. Not in a good way. There was an awful lot of yelling and screaming and of course the (dare I say) "X Factor type" audience that whoop and holler at every high note only encourages the performers to belt and scream louder and longer. It's hugely popular now I know, but less is more. Some numbers were just belted throughout! I am no expert in vocal technique but I would have thought that such belting could damage the voice...perhaps someone on here more qualified than I could comment?

So 4 stars for me and I wanted to give it 5.

I wanna see it again 

so i saw on their website that they are doing daystars from the box office, just wondering if anyone has done that and had any luck? or if they know if its a large line for them? thanks!

Its a bit difficult to judge at the minute, as they have literally done them a couple of days so it is very new. But I imagine, once word gets out, it will be a 7/8am line up to see it! Also be aware it is only Monday to Friday, so no Saturday performances will have dayseats.

This is hysterical! From MadTV

Not sure if I'm allowed to post this or not? However, seems like they are now putting in a cast board as you enter the theatre. Great! Always like seeing who's on and it's true what Joe Aaron Reid said - London should get a playbill where we see who is performing that day then you buy a programme if you want to. 
Also seems Candace Furbert is getting the chance as Lorell even tho Jocasta (1st cover) is in the ensemble- love it when producers do this and allow the 2nd cover on sometimes! Unlikely she'll get on as Effie so glad she is performing in a principal role

Are the Playbills in New York printed individually for every show then? I've only got one or two and they aren't anywhere near where I can check.

Not a clue. Was going of these tweets 

Interesting. I don't know, I read someone say how tickets were cheaper in London, so I wouldn't want prices to go up if they introduced Playbills. They're a good idea but some people still wouldn't care and wouldn't read them.