Review: ‘Pri & Joy: The Marv Gaye Mil’ at The Natnal Theatre - DC Theater Arts

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Pri and Joy: The Marv Gaye Mil- Chigo Theatre- From the secret diary of Anna Gordy Gaye the greatt Motown love story never told: Pri & Joy. The tumultuo and passnate journey of one of mic's most trigug power upl, inic R&B sger Marv Gaye and Anna Gordy - who jt happened to be a songwrer/producer and the sister of Motown founr Berry Gordy - to The Chigo Theatre. This hot new mil featur 28 songs om the legendary Motown talog, cludg major hs om the "Prce of Soul" himself.

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REVIEW: ‘PRI & JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL’ AT THE NATNAL THEATRE

Pri and Joy: The Marv Gaye Mil- The Lyric- From the secret diary of Anna Gordy Gaye the greatt Motown love story never told: Pri & Joy. The tumultuo and passnate journey of one of mic's most trigug power upl, inic R&B sger Marv Gaye and Anna Gordy - who jt happened to be a songwrer/producer and the sister of Motown founr Berry Gordy - to the Moll Performg Arts Center at The Lyric Baltimore. This new mil featur 28 songs om the legendary Motown talog, cludg major hs om the "Prce of Soul" himself. * the marvin gaye musical pride and joy *

Pri & Joy is a mil that tells the ltle known love story of Anna Gordy Gaye (January 28, 1922 – January 31, 2014) and the legendary and inic R&B sger, Marv Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984). Featurg 28 songs om Gaye’s Motown talog, the mil stars Jarran Me as Gaye his early years, and Chae Stephen his later years. The challenge stg a mil like this is to fd an actor that looks like Marv Gaye and n sg.

Krystal Drake plays Anna Gordy Gaye and Kourtney Lenton plays sger Tammi Terrell. In bpic style, this mil followed Gaye om his early years at Motown, sgg popular R&B ballads centered on peace and love; to his prott songs (rerd over Motown founr Berry Gordy’s objectns), to his later Grammy ws, and last days.

PRI & JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL

The spe of the mil centered on Gaye and Anna’s urtship, spe their 17-year age difference. In 1959, Gaye was sgg the group Harvey and the New Moonglows and Anna was the owner of Anna Rerds. She disdaed Gaye at first.

PRI AND JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL AT THE LYRIC

When Gaye tried to date Anna, her rponse was: “I don’t date the help!

Sandman”, and after he ptured Anna’s heart, “Pri and Joy” (Gaye dited that song to her).

PRI AND JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL AT CHIGO THEATRE

Melanee Felton, Kiko and Cherri Black harmonized well together as The Marvelett, an early scene wh Gaye at dms.

” Gaye’s chemistry wh Terrell ed ictn his marriage, g Gaye to pot out to Anna that he was “ love wh the mic we make…that’s the stage, we’re actors.

At this pot his life, Gaye’s foc was prott albums, featurg thoughtful numbers like “What’s Gog On?

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