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Dreams Come True! Open Auditions for Dreamgirls at the Apollo

It was a blustery morning—the kind that makes one want to roll over and go back to sleep. But for nearly 500 stage hopefuls, there was only one place to be: the legendary Apollo Theatre on 125th Street in Harlem. With a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to headline the cast of the upcoming national tour of Dreamgirls, would-be performers queued up outside the landmark venue. The Apollo is steeped in history:  Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown, Bill Cosby, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, D'Angelo, Lauryn Hill and countless others began their road to stardom on its stage. The first scene in Dreamgirls takes place on the Apollo stage, so it's fitting that the tour will launch at the theater in early 2009. Here's an intimate look at what the next Deena Jones, Lorrell Robinson and Effie White went through to get their parts. May all their Dreams come true!
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – sign
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – line
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – cold
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – music
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – coffee
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – line2
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – audition cards
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – primp
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – sheet music
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – marquee
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – fur
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – line3
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – end of the line
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – lobby
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – holding room
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – primp2
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – stairwell
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – stairwell2
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – tree
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – wings
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – team
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – accompanist
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – singing1
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – singing2
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – singing3
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – singing4
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – table
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Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – singing8
Dreamgirls Audition at the Apollo – singing9
Dreamgirls will undoubtedly be a highlight of the
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