New FIRST WIVES CLUB Musical Meets Chicago with Help from Motown Trio

A feature on FIRST WIVES CLUB musical's official blog details Broadway in Chicago's recent event to introduce the show at Chicago Playhouse. The evening featured a "trio of musical legends" -- Eddie Holland (pictured left), Lamont Dozier, and Brian Holland -- the Motown songwriting team behind the score for FIRST WIVES CLUB.

The trio talked about "the old days in Motown, and talked about what it was like making a musical. The men all talked about their love and admiration of musicals growing up, and as Lamont Dozier said, this was 'the natural progression, the next elevation" of what they had done.'"

Holland then performed one of the original songs from FIRST WIVES CLUB, called "My Heart Will Try One More Time."

Click HERE to read the full report and check out photos from the event!

The Broadway-bound musical's premiere at Chicago's Oriental Theatre will star Tony Award-winner Faith Prince as 'Brenda,' Mamma Mia's Christine Sherrill as 'Elise,' and Wicked star Carmen Cusack as 'Annie,' in the iconic roles created on film by Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton, respectively.

With a book by five-time Emmy Award nominee Linda Bloodworth Thomason, direction by Simon Phillips and songs by Motown legends Holland-Dozier-Holland, First Wives Club: The Musical will have its out-of-town premiere at Chicago's Oriental Theatre (24 W Randolph Street). Previews begin February 17, 2015 and opening night is set for March 11, 2015 for a run that will go through March 29, 2015.

In First Wives Club, three former college friends reunite to find that they have more in common than their alma mater! Ditched by their respective husbands for younger women, they band together to settle scores with the men who did them wrong. Featuring new songs and classic hits like "Reach Out...I'll Be There," "Stop in the Name of Love" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)," First Wives Club is a hilarious, inspiring, and empowering story about friendship at its strongest... and revenge at its sweetest.

Pictured: Eddie Holland, backed with music from Brian and Lamont, sings a new HDH song to the joy of the crowd. Photo courtesy FIRST WIVES CLUB blog.