Details

With just 800 dollars borrowed from his family, Motown founder Berry Gordy, goes from featherweight boxer to heavyweight music mogul, discovering and launching the careers of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye and many more. Motown The Musical uncovers the story of the legendary record label that changed music history and created the soundtrack of a generation. Motown The Musical website.

Cast/Performers

Cedric Neal (Berry Gordy), Lucy St. Louis (Diana Ross), Keisha Amponsa Banson (Mary Wells), Cherelle Williams (Mary Wilson), Cleopatra Rey (Gladys Knight), Cindy Belliot (Anna Gordy), Aisha Jawondo (Martha Reeves), Samuel Edwards (Jackie Wilson), Brandon Lee Sears (Tito Jackson), Joshua Liburd (Eddie Kendricks), Simeon Montague (Jermaine Jackson), Obiomal Ugoala (Smokey Robinson), Sifiso Mazibuko (Marvin Gaye), Daniel Bailey, Edward Baruwa, Tanya Nicole Edwards, Eddie Elliott, Christopher Fry, Alex Hammond, Edward Handoll, Simon Ray Harvey, Elias Hendricks, Brian James Leys, Jayde Nelson, Simone Mistry Palmer, Carl Spencer, Marcel J Whyte, Tanya Nicole Edwards (Florence Ballard), Portia Harry (Teena Marie), Jordan Shaw (Stevie Wonder), Jay Bryce (Ensemble), Kieran McGinn (Ensemble)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Berry Gordy
Producer(s): Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris, Berry Gordy, Adam Spiegel
Director: Charles Randolph-Wright
Design: David Korins
Lighting: Natasha Katz
Choreographer(s): Patricia Wilcox, Warren Adams
Costume: Esosa
Sound: Peter Hylenski
Music(s): Ethan Popp (music supervision / orchestration / arrangement), Bryan Cook (co-orchestrations / additional arrangements)