MOTOWN - Your Soul Reason for Coming to Our Town

NYC, the greatest city in the world has the greatest show on earth.  No, not the big apple circus.  Brother, Brother, Brother…MOTOWN the musical, written & produced by Berry Gordy.  Yes, that Berry Gordy, the man who made MOTOWN & the careers of a magnitude of mega stars: Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, the Jackson Five & Marvin Gaye to name but a few.  Gordy, a maverick responsible for building a music company from the ground up while writing, producing, managing, garnering talent and breaking down barriers.  The MOTOWN sound is the soundtrack of the late 60's-80's and, much more than that, it reflected many problems dividing our nation: racial segregation, pride & violence, assassinations and the Viet Nam War. "There's far too many of us dying."  The music coming out of MOTOWN brought major social issues to the forefront, and helped to "make this world a better place."  The show starts with a bang of Motown medleys that gets you grooving & never lets up. (Nor did the ladies sitting behind me ever shut-up; they sang the entire time.)  Despite the unrequested backup singers, the entire cast on stage was superb.   I could sing the praises for the actors portraying some of Motown's previously mentioned superstars but the entire cast deserves its own record label. The acting & dancing must have been sent from up above.  I feel sad for all other new musicals on B'wy - all the Tony awards will be bestowed on this crowd pleasing winner. If you  heard it through the grapevine, that NYC is no longer going to be mine…you heard wrong!