Dreamgirls, as a movie, seemed apologetic that it was a musical at all. Set in the Motown-ish world of a Supremes-ish girl group, the story lends itself to abundant music without straining credibility. But on the Broadway stage, the music world was only a façade " the real music came from the musical, you know, when people actually sing about how they feel. On screen, when Dreamgirls had to start singing about …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:27PM on August 27, 2010