Effie White, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson - three friends from Chicago - are a promising singing trio called The Dreamettes. Accompanied by their songwriter C.C. White (Effie's brother), they travel to New York to compete in a talent show at the Apollo Theatre. Although the girls lose this first bid for fame, their talent attracts an ambitious manager by the name of Curtis Taylor, Jr., who uses unscrupulous tactics to move the girls from backup singers of superstar James "Thunder" Early to superstars of their own. Curtis reshapes the group to "crossover" from R & B to the lucrative pop music scene. Lead singer Effie gets replaced by the more attractive Deena and is eventually dropped from the trio. The group evolves into a more sophisticated group, The Dreams, with a lighter sound and chic look. They successfully attract a "whiter" audience and The Dreams rise to international stardom. The money, fame, and adulation, however, doesn't bring them happiness.

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Directed by
Bill Condon

Cast
Jamie Foxx - Curtis Taylor Jr.
Beyoncé Knowles - Deena Jones
Eddie Murphy - James 'Thunder' Early
Danny Glover - Marty Madison
Anika Noni Rose - Lorrell Robinson
Keith Robinson - Clarence Conrad 'C.C.' White
Jennifer Hudson - Effie Melody White
Sharon Leal - Michelle Morris
Hinton Battle - Wayne

Production Co.
Laurence Mark Productions

Studios
DreamWorks SKG
Paramount Pictures

Produced by
Patricia Whitcher
Laurence Mark

Writer
Bill Condon
Tom Eyen

Music
Tom Eyen
Henry Krieger