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.
Contents:
- REVIEW: ‘PRI & JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL’ AT THE NATNAL THEATRE
- PRI & JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL
- PRI AND JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL AT THE LYRIC
- PRI AND JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL AT CHIGO THEATRE
REVIEW: ‘PRI & JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL’ AT THE NATNAL THEATRE
* 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. 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 & JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL
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 THE LYRIC
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? ” Gaye also ventured to the unfiltered soul of songs like “I Want You. ” The highlight of this mil perd for Gaye was “Sexual Healg” (for which he won Bt R&B Male Vol at the 25th Grammy Awards); Stephen killed the vols and stage prence as he sang that and the other tun.
PRI AND JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL AT CHIGO THEATRE
Hemphill and Producers Quent Perry and Keia Perry-Farr have created a magic trip down the mil memory lane of an parable artist–Marv Gaye. Stg at the piano at a Motown Christmas party, life nnot get any better for a young Marv Gaye, until his attentn is ptured by one of the most betiful and glamoro women he has ever laid ey on.
This era also births epic love stori, among which is the tumultuo and passnate journey of one of history’s most trigug power upl, Marv Gaye and Anna Gordy. Featurg 28 songs om the legendary Motown talog, cludg the greatt hs of inic Grammy Award-wng sger, Marv Gaye!