Dreamgirls in Concert: The First Complete Recording

Disc 1
1	I'm Looking for Something, Baby / Lee Summers 3:29
2	Goin' Downtown / Lee Summers 2:31
3	Takin' the Long Way Home / Norm Lewis 1:38
4	Move (Your Steppin' on My Heart) / Lillias White 2:12
5	Scene: "Fifty Bucks Says the Dreamettes Don't Win" / Lee Summers 3:59
6	Fake Your Way to the Top / Lee Summers 4:01
7	Scene: "It Ain't Working, Marty" / Norm Lewis 1:28
8	Cadillac Car / Norm Lewis 3:06
9	Cadillac Car / Aisha Dehaas From On the Road 2:43
10	Cadillac Car / Norm Lewis Recording Studio 1:49
11	Scene: "I Don't Believe They Can Do That" / Norm Lewis 1:17
12	Steppin' to the Bad Side / Lee Summers 6:07
13	Scene: "I'm Working on a Long Shot" / Norm Lewis 2:04
14	Party, Party / Norm Lewis 3:20
15	I Want You, Baby / Lillias White 2:49
16	Scene: "I'm a Woman Now" / Norm Lewis 4:09
17	Family / Norm Lewis 3:42
18	Scene: "What Are You Doing to That Girl?" / Norm Lewis 1:27
19	Dreamgirls / Lillias White 3:14
20	Press Conference / Eric Woodall 2:48
21	Heavy / Norm Lewis 4:15
22	Walkin' Down the Strip/Scene: Las Vegas / Eric Woodall 3:15
23	It's All Over / Eric Woodall 3:53
24	And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going / Tamara Tunie 5:04
Disc 2
1	Opening Act II: Dreams Medley / Tamara Tunie 6:32
2	Scene: "Effie White Is the Best Singer You're Gonna Find" / Lillias White 1:53
3	I Am Changing / Lillias White 4:28
4	Vogue Sequence / Tamara Tunie 3:58
5	When I First Saw You / Audra McDonald 2:49
6	Ain't No Party / Billy Porter 5:00
7	I Meant You No Harm / Tamara Tunie 3:57
8	The Rap / Eric Woodall 6:25
9	I Miss You, Old Friend / Darius de Haas 3:24
10	One Night Only / Tamara Tunie Disco Version 3:55
11	One Night Only / Tamara Tunie Disco Version 3:36
12	I'm Somebody / Eric Woodall 8:34
13	Hard to Say Good-Bye / Tamara Tunie 3:47
14	Dreamgirls (Reprise) / Tamara Tunie 1:57

Barnes & Noble

Dreamgirls in Concert, recorded at a gala commemorating the legendary musical's 20th anniversary, will give the many devotees of Michael Bennett's 1981 landmark show cause for elation. A gritty showbiz saga about the rise and fall of a trio of black female singers loosely modeled on the Supremes, Dreamgirls trades on characters and situations that will induce déjà vu in anyone familiar with the Motown story. This vibrant recording captures every supercharged nuance of Henry Kreiger (Side Show) and Tom Eyen's R&B-savvy score, which is celebrated as a Broadway breakthrough for its successful use of mainstream music in a traditional book musical. A runaway success, the original production of Dreamgirls racked up 1,522 performances and six Tony Awards and launched the career of Jennifer Holliday, who scored a hit with the explosive and heartbreaking "And I'm Telling You I’m Not Going." For this one-night-only benefit performance, a stellar troika of Tony-winning divas was recruited -- Audra McDonald (Ragtime) Heather Headley (Aida), and Lillias White (The Life) -- and all three create stirring, flesh-and-blood characterizations. The audibly thrilled audience spurs each cast member to a red-hot intensity that builds for more than two hours and three dozen selections before culminating in a moving and thoroughly satisfying encore of the title song. The complete score, with recitative and dialogue, is featured on this lush double-disc set, rectifying the omissions of the original-cast album. Included are favorites like "Family," "I Am Changing," "Move," and "Hard to Say Goodbye," as well as "Heavy," "It's All Over," and "Dreams Medley," all released here for the first time. This is a stunning record of a fabulous night that should, hopefully, prompt the long-overdue, full-scale revival that Dreamgirls fans continue to clamor for. David Cohen

All Music Guide

This 20th anniversary performance of the 1981 musical was recorded less than two weeks after September 11, 2001, in N.Y.C., no less. So forgive the stars (Heather Headley, Audra McDonald, and Lillias White) if they're not quite as lively or as joyful as they should be. But in the telling of a Supremes-like girl group who has their ups and downs -- captured here for the first time in their complete form on disc -- the game one-time cast has a ball with the material. And the showstopper "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" still thrills after all these years. Michael Gallucci

Billboard

Lilias White (The Life) sizzles with "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" and "I'm Changing."