Dreamgirls Monologues

A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

And I am telling you/ I'm not going./ You're the best man I'll ever know./ There's no way I can ever go./ No, no, no, no way… / No, no, no, no way I'm living without you./ I'm not living without you./ I don't want to be free./ I'm staying, I'm staying,/ And you, and you,/ you're gonna love me.

Magic don't have a father.

Tell me something, Curtis. Do you think it's right to promote an amateur performer over a professional?

It's about fairness, Curtis. It's about people paying their dues. Isn't that what you keep telling me? "Get in line, Effie. Wait your turn". So why am I sitting here without so much as a B-side on a 45, when an amateur like Martin Luther King Jr. gets his own freaking album? I mean, can he even sing?

That's right Curtis. You stopped me once, but you'll never stop me again.

'Cause this time, Effie White's gonna win!

So... Deena's going to sing the lead 'cause you like the way she looks? Am I ugly to you, Curtis?

Well, what am I supposed to do? Deena's beautiful, and she's always been beautiful... but I've got the voice, Curtis! I've got the voice! You can't put me in back; you just can't!