Tickets go on sale October 1st to the general public. It would be nice if all living Motown artists were at the opening performance
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Thanks for replying. It would be nice if as many as possible could attend. The only problem with that- is that a wonderful evening will be messed up because some will cry foul that they are not represented in the play.
no musicians then..........
no writers........producers...........arrangers...... ...
at least nobody has mentioned them on here
How much would a ticket cost for this?.....I'm in New York next year.
The Motown Story included artists, writers and producers and arrangers so I'm sure all will be included in the musical to some degree. Pricing: $66.50 - $135.50. Tickets can also be gotten at discount. A $135 ticket can usually be gotten for about $ 85. It's expensive, but nothing is better than live entertainment.
Thanks
I'd like to see it..........but suspect It would be a frustrating evening for me.
I'll wait for a few reviews.
They only advertised for a few principal characters: Berry, Diana, Smokey, Marvin, Stevie and Michael.
I can see this being huge; and also huge in terms of generating interest in the original music.
But for real fans, I can see considerable frustration; as in: Did you like their version of Dancing in the Street and Get Ready? As in many producers, arrangers, writers, background artists and artists that weren't in the top tier of hitmakers or were members of groups that had many members pass through them ~ all getting lumped together as "others" in group sing alongs.
That was just a preview. I don't think that is an actual medley or scene from the musical.
I love it,these young people is gonna put Motown back on the map,back in the spotlight,yes Motown is forever.
Please stay positive
Here’s footage of the Motown cast performing at yesterday’s Broadway on Broadway concert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tSnlKgPSu4
See, I told you........FLUFF! LOL!!!
By the way, that guy sounds nothing like Eddie Kendricks.
...all the way to the bank!!!!!!...
the story of Miss Diana Ross comes to Broadway[[..and then,most likely, a major motion picture...and THEN, a tv series!!!)..
The clip is from part of a concert of performers singing songs from their upcoming and current shows. This is not the Motown Musical. So we don't know yet if it is fluff, puff or otha' stuff.
Here is a clip of Berry talking about his new musical.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hUzQxZMwzA&feature=player_embedded#!
Thanks for the interview with Mr. Gordy, Milven. Great.
In the sense that there will be a focus on the major artists and on a general story line...........it will be a "big picture" theme. And I guess if Marv wants a focus on the disgruntled, the victimes, the losers, some unhappinesses, real or imagined; no that won't be there; if fluff is left, yaaaaaaaaaa.
I've seen Jersey Boys twice , it was fantastic from a musical point of view.But it also handled the drama, tragedy and darker side of the 4 Seasons story.
I suspect that this Motown show will be dominated by Diana Ross,Smokey,Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Commodores and Jackson 5.[[with other artists featured).But the Motown Story? I doubt it.
How much attention will Mary Wells get.........her records kept the company afloat.
Again....writers, producers, arrangers. The Funk Bros, other key personnel..the people who actually made the music will be overlooked............I hope I'm wrong.
Most UK members here have a wider spread of interest when it comes to Motown....we generally grew up with the lesser known artists receiving plays in youth clubs, discos etc.
Isley Bros, Elgins, Marv Johnson, Jimmy Ruffin, Contours etc .alongside the majors.
There was no National pop radio in the UK until late 1967. BBC was not known for playing Black Music.......it was very old fashioned in it's outlook.
DRATS & Four Tops had some chart records in the 60's.1967 saw an interest in soul music...Otis Redding, Stax and Atlantic....flavour of the month stuff. But overall , until 1969, Motown/Soul music was not featured heavily on radio. We had no major media /culture interested in Motown...it was pretty specialised.
We have shows such as "Dancing in the street" touring regularly [[A selection of Motown hits with a loose story).People enjoy them. Have a good time, bringing back memories. Nothing wrong with that, but I personally don't bother.
IF this Broadway show is along similar lines I won't be interested.
However, if it is similar to Jersey Boys [[where the audience might come away with a greater appreciation of the 'story' [[as best it can do in 2 hours) then I might.
I wonder who's gonna play Mary Wilson Florence Ballard or Cindy Birdsong,LOL just kidding,
Please stay positive
Seen as they aren't on 75% of the DRATS records ...who cares?
Please stay focussed
Here's the basic story line:
Featuring songs from the legendary Motown catalogueComing to Broadway Spring 2013
Citibank® Exclusive Pre-sale Begins September 23rd
Tickets On Sale To The General Public October 1stWelcome to Hitsville, USA!MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL is the real story of the one-of-a-kind sound that hit the airwaves in 1959 and changed America forever. This exhilarating show charts Motown founder Berry Gordy's incredible journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and so many more.
Featuring all the classics you love, MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL tells the story behind the hits as Smokey finds his unique voice, Diana skyrockets to stardom and Berry fights against the odds to turn his improbable dream into a triumphant reality. The music that shattered barriers and shaped our lives finally comes to the Broadway stage in the season's most highly anticipated world-premiere event, MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL... Get ready, 'cause here we come!
Several reviews of Sparkle complained that it was running too close to Dreamgirls and we'd already had that story line. And I can't see them throwing in drugs, alcohol and depression into this story. At least not other than in passing.
This is going to be "happy time" "SUCCESS".
http://www.motownthemusical.com/
No Lewis Sister...no snakepit
only joking
I wonder who's playing Mary Wilson Florence Ballard,or Cindy Birdsong LOL,just kidding
Please stay positive
I am just focusing on reality! I don't know many people that would be interested in seeing "Fame does Motown" or "Glee Sings Motown" LOL!!!
Motown's Story was quite dramatic and if they plan to succeed with this, they had better go harder and a bit darker.......just a bit.
Motown's Story was quite dramatic and if they plan to succeed with this, they had better go harder and a bit darker.......just a bit.[/QUOTE]
Let's have a $5 bet on whether or not this is going to be a smash hit. I'm going with this one is going to be big!
For you Marv.......you lived through the Kennedy Centre Award for Diana, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Diana from the Grammys, her guardianship of Michael's children..............you'll survive Motown: The Musical, even if Mary Wilson is relegated to one of the "others"; and it might happen.
Mary seems to cope with it all so her fans can likely cope too.
Okay…To Be Loved …allegedly a book that was personally written by Berry Gordy is taking Motown toBroadway for a quarter of a billion “Sony” dollars … there are a lot of folksin Detroit right now that could use a few of those corporate bucks for food fortheir kids…or maybe those corporate dollars mightactually benefit the Motown Museum and help it into becoming a better communitypartner for all its Motown alumni, their families and the entire Detroitcommunity.
The point I’m going to make about Broadway Berry isthis: other than the “Motown Sound” and an entourage of newbies and wannabes hand-pickedby Gordy for their possible vocals/looks [[Ahem!) to impersonate a few Motown stars…what is the real difference between his ego inflated costly tribute show andthat of other tribute shows such as the links as listed below.
A Motown tribute show is simplya tribute show no matter who puts it on … and as far as the dilapidatedMotown Museum legacyGordy left behind in Detroit … “Money” that’s what it needs as whatever moneycomes in has not really provided the amount of funding required for either themuseum’s upkeep, expansion or its outreach programs into the community… Itdoesn’t take much to discover the underbelly of any nonprofit. You just need to know where the paper skeletonsare buried and to follow the money walking out its door. How long has the museum been in existence? It can’t even keep its “piano” story straight.These are random thoughts …
Personal note to Gordy: “Hey, BroadwayBerry … Break a Leg!”
There is an entire world of these Motown Tributes usingsimilar Motown logos and impersonators… you would think that Motown would shutthese shows down … so why haven’t they?
Motown, Motown Tribute, Motown Tribute Show, Motown TributeShows, Motown Tribute Acts, Available through Global Entertainment Associates copyright Motown Tribute Show 2012
www.robbiewilliamstributeshows.comwww.michaelbubletributeshows.comwww.shirleybasseytributeshow.comwww.globalentertainmentassociates.co.uk
Sorry for the run together wording...not sure how I did that ...
Mirage
Explain the quarter billion Sony dollars. With that, one would expect it won't be allowed to fail.
"what is the real difference between his ego inflated costly tribute show andthat of other tribute shows "
I would say the major difference is that this is HIS life. He has the right to tell it regardless of how many others out there are telling his story- and think they know more about his life than he does. Haven't members of this forum been "discussing" for years how it isn't right for "tribute" groups to go out there and pretend? For example, with these fake Supreme groups, should Mary stop performing? Whats the difference between Mary singing "baby love" and a tribute group? The answer.... MARY Wilson- the real thing.
So the key here is that, this is Berry Gordy's life. He can present it any way he wants. Doesn't matter what else is out there.
[QUOTE=jobeterob;123158]Let's have a $5 bet on whether or not this is going to be a smash hit. I'm going with this one is going to be big!
For you Marv.......you lived through the Kennedy Centre Award for Diana, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Diana from the Grammys, her guardianship of Michael's children..............you'll survive Motown: The Musical, even if Mary Wilson is relegated to one of the "others"; and it might happen.
Mary seems to cope with it all so her fans can likely cope too.
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No! I lived through the Kennedy Assasinations, the King Assasination, the Walk on the Moon, the deaths of my father and grandfather and 9/11 just to name a few! Whatever Diane Ross of the Supremes has been doing means nothing to me or anyone else in the big scheme of things. Mary is busy promoting her new recording and preparing for her new movie role. I am pretty sure she is not interested that much in any of this. Most likely none of the old Motown artists are thinking about it.
This will be a home run using the original music, aimed at the masses ~ just like Motown in its heyday.
But ya, it's going to burn a few people; the ones that didn't get touched by the golden goose; the ones with mortgages and that got left behind; some of them have coped well and been very happy and you won't hear from them; and others have lashed out here and there and perhaps might again. As usual, not much attention will be paid to them. Very much like the fans.........the odd lashing out and whining; people smirk and pay them no attention.
This isn't something for a hardcore fan; it is something for everyone.
Possibly a short version of Berry’s life: Motor City Berry takes his Detroit millionaire-madeand paid for limo from “Hitsville USA” [[leaving behind his beautiful museum legacyminus its real “piano” for the City of Detroit not to enjoy) before he skips town to move to LA with his “selectstars” and evolve into Movie Mogul Berry…then he gets back into his now-Sony chauffeureddriven limo and is driven across the countryand arrives in the “Big Apple” and changes his moniker to Broadway Berry [[2013)… quite a love story that he tells HIS way. The Motown music might play on …the “His” story simply has more holes in it than the Titanic did … beforeit hit the iceberg.
Exactly what [[dare I say who) did the Motown 50 Galabenefit? And what happened to theDetroit Gala where invitations were sent out and where Sir Paul with theinfamous Motown piano was to appear … now it is $10,000 for a NYC ticket to seeSir Paul and Broadway Berry tickle less than the piano ivories that were to berestored … for the rundown legacy heleft behind in Detroit City. Did I missanything in HIS story? I can always do a rewrite.
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May I call you Robert so as not to offend Roberta … It is not Berry's story that is the hit … it'sthe Motown music; not the man. A man does cut out on his family by packing his bags and running away; he does not ignore his responsibilities or turn his back on friends. Respect is what a man earns by honoring his word and seeking justice. Gordy left the city of Detroit and didn't even bother to turn off the light; he let it burn out. Gordy's story plays out like every other ethically bankrupt person who makes money and forgets his past by reinventing himself and his lifestyle. Is Gordy's story complicated...hell no. Is his legacy to Detroit something to be proud of ... well...go visit the place if it is still standing in a few years.
You know Robert... maybe it's about time someone does the right thing by not calling Mr. Gordy ... Mr. Gordy … that is until he earns the title.
Detroit may not be LA or NYC ... but it is a community with a very big heart and a whole lot of soul. It deserves better than an old run-down music museum with a few lights on that will be housing a refurbished second tier piano. Even though I may be in NYC; I will not be attending the $10,000 a ticket NYC piano benefit. I’drather donate $10,000 to the victims of the economy in Detroit. Maybe the museum could be turned into a homeless shelter …at least itwould get some use.
Just curious....Quote:
Originally Posted by marv2;123190
Mary seems to cope with it all so her fans can likely cope too.
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Is there another famous Diana Ross [[Diane, to her friends, so although you appear to mask your relationship with words, the title says that you must consider her a friend) not of the Supremes?
And why then do you assume that Mary of the Supremes [[whom I love as I do Diana & all the Supremes) means something to anyone else in the big scheme of things just because her recent projects have been announced online?