Marvin Gaye News

How do you cram 50 hit songs, over 90 characters, and 25 years of history from one of music's most important companies into a dramatically satisfying, two hour and 45 minute musical? The answer is, you don't; but based on the enthusiastic response to MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, playing at Orlando's Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts through March 15th, that really doesn't matter. What does matter is that the music of Motown (the record company and the musical) is here to make people happy. That mantra is repeated multiple times during the show's most difficult situations by its central figure, Berry Gordy. According to the musical, Motown's founder created the most successful independent record label of all-time on little more than determination and a desire to spread joy. As anyone familiar with Motown's mile-long string of hits, or the stage show that they inspired, can attest to, Gordy, Hitsville U.S.A., and MOTOWN THE MUSICAL more than delivered on creating joy for countless generations of music fans.

MotorCity Casino Hotel will welcome Tower of Power with special guests Average White Band to Sound Board on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 8 p.m.

STG's signature youth music program, More Music @ The Moore celebrates its 14th year, with international superstar Sheila E.

Hugh Maynard, currently starring as John in Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre - is to mark the release of his eagerly awaited solo debut, Album Hugh Maynard - Something inside so Strong, with an initimate concert supported by a 4-piece band.

Universal Music Enterprises has announced a rollout of 26 individual soundtrack albums on vinyl

Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the world's leading music publisher, has appointed Rick Krim as Co-President, U.S., a role in which he will lead the company's A&R operations in Los Angeles.

It was the music that put the Motor City on the map for something other than moving vehicles.

This was a marvellous and memorable night at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel.

Performances for MOTOWN THE MUSICAL begin tonight, February 24 for a limited two week run through Sunday, March 8, 2015. MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is part of the 2014-2015 Broadway in Fort Lauderdale Series presented by Broadway Across America and Florida Theatrical Association in partnership with The Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in action!

The Smithsonian American Art Museum's 'Mingering Mike's Supersonic Greatest Hits' presents more than 100 works of art by a Washington, D.C., artist known only by his alter ego, 'Mingering Mike.'

Producers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy present the First National Tour of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, which plays The Buell Theatre March 31-April 19 only. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the production below!

THIRTEEN's American Masters series and Pittsburgh PBS affiliate WQED join forces to explore the life and legacy of playwright August Wilson (April 27, 1945 - October 2, 2005) -- the man some call America's Shakespeare

Based on Berry Gordy's 1994 autobiography To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown, this musical tells the true story behind Mr. Gordy's founding and running of the Motown record label, and his personal and professional relationships with Motown artists such as Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and Michael Jackson. The music and lyrics for the musical are taken from selections from the Motown catalog.

Producers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy, and Omaha Performing Arts are proud to announce MOTOWN THE MUSICAL tickets are available through Ticket Omaha.* The tickets, starting at $30 each, are available by going online at TicketOmaha.com; by phone at 402.345.0606; or by going to the Ticket Omaha box office inside the Holland Performing Arts Center. MOTOWN THE MUSICAL will play at the Orpheum Theater Wednesday, March 25 through Sunday, March 29. Groups of 10 or more may purchase tickets by calling 402.661.8516 or toll-free at 866.434.8587. The show is part of Omaha Performing Arts' Broadway Series.

Broadway Pops International (BPI) presents 'I HEAR A SYMPHONY: Motown's Greatest Hits' with the Reading Symphony Orchestra (Reading, Pennsylvania), featuring BPI artists Joy Lynn Jacobs (The Music Man, Marie Christine) and Destan Owens (Chicago, Smokey Joe's Cafeˆ) with conductor Andrew Constatine.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that songwriters and producers Holland-Dozier-Hollandwill be honored with the 2,543rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame tomorrow, Friday, February 13, at 11:30 a.m. The star in the category of Recording will be dedicated near the Live Nation Building at 7070 Hollywood Boulevard. Holland-Dozier-Holland have reunited for the first time in more than 30 years to write the score for the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club, which will make its World Premiere in Chicago on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 and play through March 29, 2015 at the Oriental Theatre (24 West Randolph St.).

MOTOWN, Berry Gordy's self-aggrandizing tribute to the independent record label that fused gospel, blues, jazz, doo wop and country into a unique and wildly popular Detroit sound, is currently heating things up at the Boston Opera House through February 15.

Broadway Pops International (BPI) presents 'I HEAR A SYMPHONY: Motown's Greatest Hits' with the Reading Symphony Orchestra (Reading, Pennsylvania), featuring BPI artists Joy Lynn Jacobs (The Music Man, Marie Christine) and Destan Owens (Chicago, Smokey Joe's Cafeˆ) with conductor Andrew Constatine.

Some of the biggest names in music have paid tribute to Sony/ATV Music Publishing Chairman and CEO Martin Bandier in an amusing video at this year's Pre GRAMMY Gala.