Danny Glover Joins Beyonce In 'Dreamgirls'
[Thursday, October 27th, 2005]
Danny Glover has been cast in the musical Dreamgirls, according to the Hollywood Reporter.Bill Condon is directing for which is based on the stage musical, Dreamgirls follows the rise of a female singing group called the Dreamettes. The musical was a thinly veiled story of the Supremes.
Beyonce Knowles already has been cast as Deena Jones, one of the Dreamettes, while Jamie Foxx has been cast as Svengali-like manager Curtis Taylor Jr. and Eddie Murphy as womanizing R&B star James "Thunder" Early. Glover is playing Murphy's manager, Marty Madison.
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