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Henry Krieger (born February 9, 1945 in New York City) is an American composer. Krieger 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), as well as other works of musical theatre. He was nominated for the Tony Awards for Best Score for both Dreamgirls and Side Show, won a Grammy Award for the cast album of Dreamgirls and received three Academy Award nominations for the songs he wrote for the 2006 film. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?Henry_Krieger)

Tom Eyen (August 14, 1940 - May 26, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist, television writer and theatre director. 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 Dreamgirls, the hit Broadway musical about an African American female singing trio. Eyen's career started, however, with avant garde plays and musicals that he wrote and directed off-off Broadway in the early 1960s, which eventually led to off-Broadway success in the 1970s with the controversial nudity-filled performance-art play The Dirtiest Show in Town and Women Behind Bars, a camp parody of women's prison. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Eyen)

Plays by Tom Eyen

1. 2008 A Space Oddity 2. 4 No Plays 3. Areatha In The Ice Palace Or The Fully Guaranteed Fuck Me Doll 4. Bang 5. The Bit Player 6. Can You See A Prince? 7. Car Maintenance Explosive Love 8. Caution A Love Story 9. Cinderella Revisited 10. Court

Plays by Henry Krieger

1. Side Show 2. Dreamgirls 3. The Tap Dance Kid 4. Dreamgirls Revival

Links

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