VIDEO: Smokey Robinson Performs for Berry Gordy

At Thursday night's Songwriters Hall of Fame gala, Smokey Robinson took to the stage to perform a new accapella song he wrote for Berry Gordy, who received a lifetime achievement award for creating MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL. Check it out, via Showbiz411, below!

Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL features a book by Gordy and music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue. MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL's creative team features choreography by Patricia Wilcox and Warren Adams, scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Tony Award nominee ESosa, lighting design by Tony Award winner Natasha Katz, sound design by Tony Award nominee Peter Hylenski, and projection design by Daniel Brodie.

MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL features arrangements and orchestrations by Ethan Popp, who will also serve as musical supervisor for the 18 piece orchestra and reproduce the classic "Sound of Young America" for the Broadway stage, with co-orchestrations and additional arrangements by Bryan Crook, dance arrangements by Zane Mark and music direction by Joseph Joubert.

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