Originally Posted by
milven
What were the Marvin Gaye plays that you saw? Were they plays or musicals? I know there was a musical in Chicago that never made it to Broadway. I think it was called The Marvin Gaye Musical or maybe Pride & Joy. I remember reading the good reviews on that and hoped it would make it to NYC.
I did see a touring show at the Beacon Theatre in NYC which was only there for three days before going to another city. The play was written by Marvin's sister. The book of the play was very good, and the show would have been a lot better had it just been a play. It was a musical that could not use Marvin's music and so the music that they did use just got in the way of the story. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it.
There is a new musical about Michael Jackson coming to Broadway this winter, MJ, The Musical.
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