Shut that crap off!

she said, dismissing the musicians with a wave of her hand, to great applause.

It seems their campaign mantra (“Vote with your heart”) worked.

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‘‘But if, buddy, I’m the bottom, you’re the top!’’

Jennifer Holliday brings down the house performing fromDreamgirls(1982)

Forget Jennifer Hudson.

“Tell the conductor to hold the baton a minute.”

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But, of course, her triumph was cutwaaaayshort, with trigger-happy producers axing her speech early on.

But his Broadway debut was worth the wait.

(Herman has denied that was his intent.)

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(She would later reprise the role in the 1958 film version.)

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