I Am Telling You
This composer–lyricist duo, also behind Side Show, wrote the score to Dreamgirls.
Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
Julie Harris won her first of five career Tony Awards originating the role of Sally Bowles in this play.
I Am Camera
This 1996 Broadway production holds the record as the longest-running musical revival.
Zero Mostel starred in this 1976 revival, which opened at the Winter Garden Theatre.
Fiddler on the Roof
After an infamously short original run in 1981, the first Broadway revival of this Sondheim flop became a massive success.
Merrily We Roll Along
Dreamgirls earned this choreographer his seventh Tony Award. Not bad for a kid who got his start in the dance ensemble for the TV show Hulabaloo.
Michael Bennett
This Dame starred as Sally Bowles in the 1968 London production.
Judy Dench
Before Broadway, Chicago premiered in this city in 1975.
Philadelphia
This Candyman starred in the revival of Falsettos in 2016.
Christian Borle
This 1982 revival, adapted by Alfred Uhry and starring Donny Osmond, closed after only one performance.
Little Johnny Jones
Originally written for the film adaptation, this song was modified and added to the 2009 U.S. tour production and 2016 West End production.
Listen
In the 1987 Broadway revival, the role of Herr Schultz was played by Werner Klemperer, better known to TV fans as this colonel.
Colonel Klink (Hogan's Heroes)
In the original production, this actress originated the role of Velma Kelly opposite Gwen Verdon’s Roxie Hart.
Chita Rivera
No stranger to a revival, he will return to Broadway this month as "The Russian."
Nicholas Christopher
Next year, a buzzy new revival of this 1975 flop is coming to Roundabout Theatre Company's Studio 54, with Oh, Mary! director Sam Pinkleton at the helm.
The Rocky Horror Show
Before winning an Emmy Award for Abbott Elementary, she originated the role of Deena Jones on Broadway.
Sheryl Lee Ralph
She was the first full-time Black Sally Bowles, playing opposite Billy Porter, the first Black Emcee.
Marisha Wallace
In the 1996 Broadway revival, this actress originated the role of Roxie Hart, earning a Tony Award.
Ann Reinking
This 2022 Broadway revival starred this Tony-winning showman in the title role.
Hugh Jackman
The 1973 production was considered a flop, as was the 2015 revival starring Vanessa Hudgens.
Gigi
This five-time Tony Award nominee will direct and choreograph the 2026 revival of Dreamgirls.
Camille A. Brown
Although written in 1964, this song wasn't added to the stage musical until the 1998 Broadway revival.
Maybe This Time
In 1999, Bebe Neuwirth returned to play Velma Kelly with only two days' notice because this actress had laryngitis and the flu.
Ute Lemper
This 2025 Tony nominee walked a quarter of a mile eight times a week rain or shine, clocking roughly 43.4 miles during his performances.
Tom Francis
Despite being a classic musical, this 1983 revival starring Angela Landsbury lasted only a month at the Gershwin Theater.
Mame