Biography
Henry Krieger (born 9 February 1945) is an American composer. He wrote the music for the Broadway musical Dreamgirls (1981), with lyrics and book by Tom Eyen, as well as for The Tap Dance Kid (1983) and Side Show (1997).
Krieger was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score for Dreamgirls and Side Show. He won the Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album for the Dreamgirls cast recording. He trained at American University in Washington DC and Columbia University in New York.
For the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls, directed by Bill Condon, Krieger wrote four new songs and received three Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song.
