The Hollywood adaptation of Broadways Dreamgirls will open in theaters this month.

For discussion on Broadway adaptations to film and Black Musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood, contact ALLEN WOLL, a professor of history at Rutgers Universitys Camden campus, where he directs the film studies program.

Woll is the author of several books on race and entertainment, including Black Musical Theatre: From Coontown to Dreamgirls and Ethnic and Racial Images in American Film and Television.

Woll may be reached at (856) 225-6671 (office) or awoll@camden.rutgers.edu.

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