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Henry Krieger (born February 9, 1945, in New York City) is an American musical theatre composer. He most notably wrote the music for the Broadway shows Dreamgirls (1981, with lyrics and book by Tom Eyen), The Tap Dance Kid (1983), and Side Show (1997).
Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Shirelles , James Brown , Jackie Wilson , and others, but closely follows the story of The Supremes as the musical follows the story of a young Black female singing trio from ...
- Tom Eyen
- Henry Krieger
After a successful Broadway run spanning over two decades, the hit musical Dreamgirls was resuscitated as a major motion picture event. It earned an Academy Award Best Supporting Actor nod for ...
Eyen is best known for works at opposite ends of the theatrical spectrum. Mainstream theatergoers became acquainted with him in 1981, when he partnered with composer Henry Krieger and director Michael Bennett to write the book and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical Dreamgirls, about an African-American
Oct 7, 2023 · Biography. Henry Krieger (b. 9 February 1945, New York, N.Y.) is an American musical theatre composer. Krieger grew up in White Plains and Ossining in Westchester County, New York and attended school at the Scarborough School in Scarborough, New York.
"Henry Krieger , Inventing David Geffen" American Masters Digital Archive (WNET). February 7, 2011 . Accessed November 22, ...
Dec 5, 2016 · Henry Krieger: The man who waited half his life to bring Dreamgirls to London. Henry Krieger gives a philosophical but grateful shrug. “As life sometimes reveals, the unseen hand is always at ...
