DREAMGIRLS EFFIE TV
Her character on the popular TV series, Mercedes Jones, sometimes felt Effie-esque as she battled Lea Michele's Rachel Berry for the spotlight, once even declaring: "I'm Beyonce, I ain't no Kelly Rowland." Riley has star presence onstage-she inhabits the character with all the swagger of a U.S. On paper, Glee star Riley is the perfect Effie. The lineup change is made more insulting because it's mandated by the band's manager, and Effie's lover, Curtis Taylor Jr., who also has eyes for Deena.
Tensions simmer within the group when Effie, the strongest vocalist of the three, is replaced as lead singer by the model-esque Deena Jones. The musical charts young Chicago singing trio, the Dreams, who rise through the music industry from backing singers to music superstars. This production comes from Sonia Friedman Productions, hoping to emulate the box office success of its current West End show, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and is directed by musical veteran Casey Nicholaw (also director of Aladdin at the Prince Edward Theatre and co-director of The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre).
DREAMGIRLS EFFIE MOVIE
Its launch ties nicely with the 10th anniversary of Bill Condon's movie adaptation that earned Hudson her Oscar and gave Beyoncé's acting career an injection of credibility. The Jennifers have both left such an indelible mark on Effie that Amber Riley's most earnest effort in a new London production of the musical struggles in comparison.ĭreamgirls, which opened at the Savoy Theatre Wednesday, has taken 35 years to travel to British shores. Dreamgirls' Effie White, originated by Jennifer Holliday on Broadway in 1981, and revitalized for the big screen by Jennifer Hudson in 2006, is the exception to this rule. Effie White cause I don't take that tone from no second-rate diva, who can't sustain.įor seven years I sung with you, I was your sister.Īnd now you're telling me, it's all over.Īnd now we're telling you, it's all over.Musical theater roles, by nature, are borrowed, not owned a performer might put their flourishes on a part, they might even win an award, but there is a tacit understanding that the character will eventually be passed on to the next performer to make their own. Now you watch your mouth, watch your mouth Ms. Yeah, well it's between you too now lil' sista. I don't wanna stay around this, I'm just breakin' in to this buisness. Lay off, Effie, just take the money & run.Ĭool it, Effie, this time you know what you done. There's no money dirty enough to buy me out, you remember that, Curtis. Always thinking of you.īut you're gettin out now, I'm not building this group to have to tear it apart, go ahead & rant and scream and shout. She had nothing to do with this change, it was you. I always knew you two were ganging up on me! And I'm tired, Effie, I'm tired of all the problems you're makin' us. Yeah! Well it's between me too, I'm as much a part of this group as anybody else. Stay out of this Lorrell, this is between Deena & me. Oooh, now when are you two going to stop all this fighting!? I have put up with your bitchin', I put up with your naggin', and all your screamin' too!
Blame-it-on-the-world, see I put up with you for much too long. You! I'm calling you, I'm calling you the common piece he's knockin' off.
Now who you think you're calling common, you're self indulgent, self-absorbed and unprofessional. I've never been so thin, you're lyin', you're lyin' cause you're knockin' off that piece of thinks-shes-better-than-everybody, she ain't better than anybody. You've been late, You've been mean, and getting fatter all the time. It's just I haven't been feeling that well.Įffie, please, stop excusing yourself. You've been late, you've been mean, you've been all kind of bullshit flack. I've been warning you for months to clean up your act. You could've warned me but that would've been too kind. I turn my back and find myself out on the line. There you are, Effie, I've been lookin' all over.
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