Motown the Musical 2013 - Articles Page 5

Just yesterday, the stars of Broadway's biggest box office hit of the year MOTOWN THE MUSICAL appeared at a special live performance at The Apple Store in SoHo to celebrate the Universal Music Enterprises (UME) new Original Broadway Cast Recording. BroadwayWorld was there for the special event and you can check out photos below!

Shady Theatrics' Shayla Benoit and Tim Grady filmed part of the pre-show for the 2013 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 9, was inspired by MOTOWN THE MUSICAL to get all of New York City dancing in the streets. Watch below!

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL's 'The Contours,' led by Broadway triple threat Eric LaJuan Summers, visited Katie Couric's new nationally syndicated afternoon talk show 'Katie' for a special performance of the Motown hit song 'Do You Love Me,' and to teach America's sweetheart 'The Mashed Potato!' Click below to watch the performance!

Mayor Michael A. Nutter announced today that Berry Gordy the legendary force behind the creation of Motown and many of America's top pop music stars will receive the 2013 Marian Anderson Award.

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL stars Brandon Victor Dixon and Valisia LeKae and director Charles Randolph Wright visited MSNBC's acclaimed nationally syndicated live weekly show 'Melissa Harris-Perry' this week. Now watch both the roundtable interview and the performance below.

Billboard.com reports that Berry Gordy's memoir TO BE LOVED, which inspired the Broadway hit 'Motown: The Musical' will be reissued as an e-book.

The original Broadway cast recording of 'MOTOWN THE MUSICAL,' a show nominated for four TONY Awards, is released today, June 4, 2013, by Motown/Universal Music Enterprises (UMe).

An Evening With Berry Gordy provides a rare inside look into the life and times of boxer, songwriter, producer, movie director, entrepreneur and Motown founder Berry Gordy. This one-on-one interview was taped in front of a live audience at the Art Institute of Chicago with PBS-TV journalist, Gwen Ifill, serving as the host interviewer. Click below to watch the full special!

'Motown' is Jesse's 2nd Bway show this season after a five-year hiatus he spent focused on his Broadway Boys concert group.

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Charl Brown, a nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for Motown. Check out what he had to say below!

MOTOWNGo behind the scenes of the hit new Broadway show MOTOWN THE MUSICAL. WNBC will air a thirty minute "making of" special this Saturday, May 18that 7:00PM, featuring interviews with the stars and creative team, as well as exclusive opening night and backstage footage from the show. Tune into WNBC Channel 4 in the New York metropolitan area.

The original Broadway cast recording of "MOTOWN THE MUSICAL," a show nominated for four TONY Awards, is to be released June 4, 2013, by Motown/Universal Music Enterprises

The Broadway Boys will perform their debut concert at XL Nightclub entitled 'A New Broadway' tonight, May 13th with special guests from Broadway's MOTOWN: Rebecca Covington and 2x Grammy-nominated Ryan Shaw).

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Valisia LeKae, a nominee for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Motown. Check out what she had to say below!

In this week's edition, we caught up with Bryan Terrell Clark, who is starring as 'Marvin Gaye' in Motown- currently playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

The Broadway Boys will perform their debut concert at XL Nightclub entitled 'A New Broadway' May 13th with special guests from Broadway's MOTOWN: Rebecca Covington and 2x Grammy-nominated Ryan Shaw).