Broadway choreography

Who choreographed Dreamgirls?

Michael Bennett, Michael Peters were credited for the choreography recognized by the Tony Award.

2 choreography awards2 nominationsFirst honored 1982

Choreography awards for Dreamgirls

YearAwardChoreographerResult
1982Tony AwardMichael BennettWon
1982Tony AwardMichael PetersWon

Productions are listed under the year of the award; revivals can bring new choreography — and new nominations — for the same show.

About the show

Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. It is based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, and particularly The Supremes, as the musical follows the story of a young Black female singing trio from Chicago, Illinois called "The Dreams", who become music superstars.

Staged with a mostly African-American cast and originally starring Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Ben Harney, Cleavant Derricks, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Obba Babatundé, the musical opened on December 20, 1981, at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway. The musical was then nominated for 13 Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical, and won six. It was later adapted into a motion picture from DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures in 2006, starring Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, and Keith Robinson.

From the Wikipedia article “Dreamgirls”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Award data from Wikipedia lists of Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier choreography awards (CC BY-SA 4.0).