M E D I A R E L E A S E - F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E January 25, 2021 Diana L. Klink Office: 757.514.4104 Mobile: 757.359.1845

Tim Kelley Office: 757.514.4103 Mobile: 757.871.3039

FROM STAGE TO SCREEN AT THE CENTER: DREAMGIRLS

SUFFOLK, VA (January 25, 2021): Join Suffolk Tourism, in partnership with the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, as they proudly present From Stage To Screen, a series of three former

Broadway masterpieces that found huge success on the big screen. Dreamgirls, the second in the series, will blow down the doors on Thursday, February 11, 2021. Admission is $3 per person, and the movie will begin at 7 p.m. Please note that only 100 seats are available, to allow for social distancing in the 530-seat Birdsong Theater; masks are required. To purchase tickets, please contact the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts box office at 757.923.2900, or visit www.SuffolkCenter.org.

Dreamgirls is a 2006 American musical drama film based on the stage musical. In early 1960s

Detroit, Curtis Taylor, Jr. signs an R&B trio of young women, the Dreamettes, and takes them from backup singers to headliners, all while establishing his own record label and indulging in wheeling and dealing. Personal struggles reign as plus-sized, big-voiced lead singer Effie is phased out to allow softer-voiced looker Deena Jones to front the trio. How long will Curtis keep

Deena and the Dreams at the top, and will Effie ever get her due? With an all-star cast that includes Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé, Anika Noni Rose, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, and Danny

Glover, this film is 130 minutes and rated PG-13. The series will conclude with The Phantom of the Opera on March 11th. For more information, please contact the Suffolk Visitor Center at 757-514-4130, or log onto www.VisitSuffolkVa.com.

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