The Marv Gaye Story (Don't Talk About My Father, Bee God Is My Friend) at Black Ensemble Theater | Theater review

Contents:

• PRI AND JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL AT CHIGO THEATRE
• ‘PRI AND JOY’ AT CHIGO THEATRE: MARV GAYE MIL HAS LTLE ABOUT THE SGER HIMSELF
• THE MARV GAYE STORY AT BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER
• PRI & JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL
• 'PRI & JOY — THE MARV GAYE MIL' IS G TO THE CHIGO THEATRE
• CHIGO THEATER REVIEW: THE MARVIN GAYE STORY (BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER)
• CHIGO’S BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER TAK ON THE STORY OF MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE STAGE MIL AT CHIGO THEATRE CHIGO SUN TIM
• LET'S GET IT ON: JACKIE’S BOY CELEBRATG THE MIC OF MARV GAYE AND MOTOWN AT THE LEGACY THEATER
• PRI AND JOY - THE MARV GAYE MIL
• “THE MARV GAYE STORY(DON’T TALK ABOUT MY FATHER BEE GOD IS MY FRIEND)”
• THE MARV GAYE STORY (DON'T TALK ABOUT MY FATHER, BEE GOD IS MY FRIEND) AT BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER | THEATER REVIEW
• MARV GAYE NCERTS AT REGAL THEATER ON CHIGO

PRI AND JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL AT CHIGO THEATRE

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.

If you jt want to groove to the smooth sounds of the late, great Marv Gaye and enjoy solid rendns of such hs as “Sexual Healg, ” "Let’s Get It On, ” and “A’t No Mounta High Enough” and you have more than a few bucks to spare on a night out, you’ll be fe at “Pri and Joy: The Marv Gaye Mil, ” the non-unn tourg jebox show om the Detro-based New Day Entertament that has land for this week at the Chigo Theatre. I unted more than 25 of Gaye’s hs the show along wh a sprklg of other numbers om his peers at is typil bgraphil mils, the inic rerdg star is played by two different performers — Jarran Me ably vers the early years while the beard, mature Marv is played by Chae Stephen, a fe sger who ftly ptur the great one’s signature sweet sound and sctive way wh a lyric.

And although the character gets limed attentn the show, Gaye’s sometime partner Tammi Terrell — a phenomenal talent who famoly llapsed Gaye’s arms while on stage Virgia 1967 — is richly ptured by Kourtney fans won’t learn much they did not already know, and the sger’s ath at the hands of his own father is mostly avoid (Marv Sr. “Pri and Joy” looks at Gaye mostly through the ey of his relatnship wh Anna Gordy Gaye (Krystal Drake), the sister of Motown founr Berry Gordy, even though the two married and divorced wh a , although they renciled later life.

‘PRI AND JOY’ AT CHIGO THEATRE: MARV GAYE MIL HAS LTLE ABOUT THE SGER HIMSELF

The show don’t try to expla the how or the why of Gaye’s geni, even though he arguably turned out to be the most fluential of all the Motown certaly n’t pare the productn valu of this show wh, say, “Motown the Mil” or “A’t Too Proud, ” to name two popular other jebox entertaments created for Broadway (although you n pare the ticket pric). But as was the se when I saw Black Ensemble Theatre take on Gaye 2012 (that show was gutsier than this one), the experience of hearg all his hs well performed one night always is somethg to be enjoyed. The send, far more succsful productn this geo new venue, "The Marv Gaye Story, " is not only more polished and acplished, but is a signifint step forward for director Jackie Taylor and her pany at a cril juncture their shared history.

And not until midway through the send act do evoke the tensely sexual stage prence associated wh Gaye � a once-shy performer eply ambivalent about that other persona. 's energy appears to be fect: through Robert Reddrick's brassy, jubilant mil directn and Rashawn Thompson's soulful vers as Gaye. Distguish The Marv Gaye Story om a simple song-after-song mil revue is the portn of onstage time voted to the troubled life of this still-lamented artist�specifilly, the lible harm flicted by his mon-driven parent upon a son unable to pe his stctive herage except through suici-by-sign.

THE MARV GAYE STORY AT BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER

Tortured elements the life of the great rhythm and blu artist Marv Gaye would be fascatg fodr for a powerfully tragic stage play. Wh repetive scen pictg Gaye�s dg e, low self-teem, womanizg and nstant work ethic, we sure see Marv Gaye�s personal mons still left him the abily to acplish outstandg mil succs.

We see both sis of Marv Gaye � the smooth artist and the self-stctive flawed human often paralyzed by dgs and a paful past. Tragic and paful as much of Gaye�s life was, we are left wh his geo, soulful mic, and each time the Black Ensemble�s terrific band and st started to another Gaye classic, you uld feel the dience�s ep love and appreciatn for this mic.

Pri & Joy tells the rivetg story of the unn between Marv Gaye and Anna Gordy and how the two changed history, the mic dtry, and Motown Rerds through ballads spired by their love, nflict, and creativy. (MCT photo)“Pri & Joy — The Marv Gaye Mil” is g to the Chigo Theatre June for nearly a week’s worth of performanc.

PRI & JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL

March 22 at 800-745-3000 and tourg mil featur 28 songs om Gaye and the Motown talogue and is set agast the socpolil backdrop of the 1960s. [ From 2012: Darg 'Marv Gaye Story' livers stori and songs][ From 2014: 'Motown' sps through the songs, if not the full story]Origally Published: Mar 14, 2019 at 11:40 am 2019 > March > 14. The tortured elements the life of the great rhythm and blu artist Marv Gaye would be fascatg fodr for a powerfully tragic stage play.

But he was also a man afflicted wh mons, all of them, acrdg to the show, emergg om Marv’s tortured relatnship wh his father, Marv Gaye, Sr., portrayed as an abive psychotic. The father killed Marv a day before the son’s 45th birthday 1987; iends later said that Gaye givg his father the gun was “a premedated suici, ” as the sger had ma failed suici attempts the show begs wh a montage of projected newspaper headl announcg Marv’s gunshot ath at the hands of his father.

'PRI & JOY — THE MARV GAYE MIL' IS G TO THE CHIGO THEATRE

The dience loved , but the songs stopped the narrative s tracks jt when Marv had reached cril mass mentally and show’s 15 mil selectns clu only six posed by Gaye, omtg such hs as “Mercy Mercy Me, ” “Got to Give It Up, ” “Inner Cy Blu, ” and pecially “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You). ” The show ncentrat on Gaye’s smooth, romantic si but his social cricism may be his most lastg ntributn to Amerin pop culture and that’s too short supply at the BET.

CHIGO THEATER REVIEW: THE MARVIN GAYE STORY (BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER)

Thompson livers a nvcg portrayal of Gaye’s scent to secury, bterns, paranoia, and nfn, but the script don’t give the dience much sight to what triggered Gaye’s cle. The sign team is Denise Karczewski (lights), Carl Ulaszek (set), L Spir and Mike Pierce (sound), and Mike Tutaj (projectn sign) by Danny NicholasThe Marv Gaye Story Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center 4450 N. Difficult as may seem to pture his wi rangg personali, Chigo’s Black Ensemble Theater do jt that wh their current productn, The Marv Gaye Story: Don’t Talk About My Father Bee God Is My Friend.

Centered around Gaye’s turbulent relatnship wh his father, the Marv Gaye Story, wrten, directed and produced by Black Ensemble Theater founr and executive director Jackie Taylor, shows the soul pneer evolve om his early days wh Harvey Fuqua and The New Moonglows through his 1980’s move to Europe and return to the Stat. Rashawn Thompson assum the role of Marv Gaye, and do a fe job embodyg the legend the play, which featur several of Gaye’s top hs, cludg “Pri and Joy”, “I Heard It Through The Grapeve” and “Sexual Healg.

CHIGO’S BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER TAK ON THE STORY OF MARV GAYE

Life+Tim: Talk about the goal and purpose of the Black Ensemble Theater, and why Marv Gaye was selected as the subject of your latt productn.

I also talked wh Jan Gaye, his ex-wife, and did rearch on the ter terms of magaze articl and terviews that he did. L+T: Marv Gaye is one of the most revered stars of the Black muny – and Amerin history general – so how, if at all, did that affect how you all portrayed him?

I wanted them to fet that was Rashawn Thompson dog the part and I wanted them to know that this was Marv Gaye on the stage. RT: When I’d heard that I got the part, when she announced that I was sted as Marv Gaye, I was surprised, nervo, exced, all of the above.

MARV GAYE STAGE MIL AT CHIGO THEATRE CHIGO SUN TIM

The Marv Gaye Story: Don’t Talk About My Father Bee God Is My Friend ns through July 29th at the Black Ensemble Theater Chigo. The troubled and also passnate journey of among songs’s most trigug power pairs, renowned R&B volist Marv Gaye as well as Anna Gordy – that jt occurred to be a songwrer/producer and the sister of Motown owner Berry Gordy – pertas to The Chigo Theatre.

Chigo’s Black Set Theatre will certaly prent a brand-new mic ncerng Marv Gaye Febary, as created by the late volist’s relative, addn to their supervisor Barbara Cole. Qualified “The Prophet: A Marv Gaye Tribute, ” the brand-new program (not the ial effort to dramatize Gaye’s life and jobs) will certaly star Gaye’s siblg, Zeola Gaye, the duty of the storyteller.

*** Suggted *** “The Marv Gaye Story (Do Not Discs My Daddy Due To The Fact That God Is My Buddy)” is not one of my favored Black Ensemble Theater productns.

LET'S GET IT ON: JACKIE’S BOY CELEBRATG THE MIC OF MARV GAYE AND MOTOWN AT THE LEGACY THEATER

It’s no secret that BJ the Chigo Youngster has actually loted ias Marv Gaye; his “Turn’ Me Up” mic vio is an o to the late legend’s rerdg procs, his “Excellent Luv’ n” track borrows lyrics om Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” h and also, prevly this year, BJ lnched his very first major-label LP, In My Md, on Motown Rerds, where Gaye functned as among s most nstant hmakers. Our favore “Chigo youngster” BJ The Chigo Child, has actually admired one of the bt, Marv Gaye wh his most recent solary “Uncle Marv. ” Gaye, who is regnized for hs such as “Sexual Revery” and also “What’s Takg place, ” has been the spiratn for much of today’s abily and his lyrics are brand nam self.

Extremely, Gaye‘s dad got jt a six-year spend sentence and five years probatn after pleadg guilty to volunteer wrongful ath. Satisfactn and also Delight tells the ptivatg tale of the unn between Marv Gaye and also Anna Gordy and how the two changed history, the mic market as well as Motown Rerds wh ballads motivated by their love, problem and also imagatn. There are no Satisfactn as well as Joy – The Marv Gaye Mic Chigo tickets currently provid available, yet ensure you check back below ually as we are addg new events every day.

You n addnally enroll email e-newsletter to receive the most recent tails on Satisfactn and also Pleasure – The Marv Gaye Mil Chigo tickets. ” Wh this track, you’ll hear timels soulful sgg om the child over a betiful piano rendn as he provis an o to, you thought , Marv Gaye.

PRI AND JOY - THE MARV GAYE MIL

A mic disverg Marv Gaye’s partnership wh Anna Gordy and also jt how the partnership shaped his job as well as sound. His tert is stantly fixated when he spots a young Anna Gordy, the very first lady to match Gaye’s stubbornns as well as pennce. Throughout this romance, visors will certaly hear multiple songs om Gaye’s nsirable disgraphy all the while seeg exactly how Marv as well as Anna’s relatnship formed his profsn as well as the sound of Motown.

“Satisfactn and Joy– The Marv Gaye Mic” is g to the Chigo Theatre June for nearly a week’s well worth of efficienci. March 22 at 800-745-3000 and also tourg mil functns 28 songs om Gaye and also the Motown brochure and also is tablished vers the socpolil background of the 1960s. Great spreadg optn … Wh time he n only get better as well as bt Marv Gaye and also Motown followers you won’t regret seeg Pri as well as Pleasure.

Steve Allen Harry Belafonte Tony Bent Jimmie Davis Marv Gaye and also Tammi Terrell Bert Kaempfert Jerome Kern Kg Rad Gladys Knight and the Pips Henry Lumpk Henry Manci Johnny Manl Cole Concierge Diana Ross and also Marv Gaye John Stafford Smh and Francis Stt Key Jule Styne. Chigo‘s Black Ensemble Theatre will prent a new mic about Marv Gaye Febary, as created by the late volist’s member of the fay, along wh their manager Barbara Cole. Entled “The Prophet: A Marv Gaye Tribute, ” the brand-new show (not the very first effort to dramatize Gaye’s life as well as works) will star Gaye’s sis, Zeola Gaye, the duty of the narrator.

“THE MARV GAYE STORY(DON’T TALK ABOUT MY FATHER BEE GOD IS MY FRIEND)”

Gaye fed livg wh his papa, that nsistently feated him om the age of 7, as ak to ridg the urt of a vic as well as all-powerful kg. Gaye’s ial forays to the songs pany was as part of a variety of support bands, alg wh Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, as well as tapg for Okeh and also Chs rerds. As a matter of fact, Gaye‘s ial sgle lnched 1961 was a flop, and he functned as a dmmer for the remar of the year.

Wh three years, however, Gaye was the Warm 100’s Top Ten, and also by the end of the , he had actually stck top. ”) However as Gaye’s tale unfolds this openg night Jackie Taylor manufacturg (she’s wrer, supervisor and manufacturer of this mil bgraphy), I me to realize that he’s flawlsly st, for Gaye himself was never fortable his very own sk, alg wh a lifetime of satanic forc.

THE MARV GAYE STORY (DON'T TALK ABOUT MY FATHER, BEE GOD IS MY FRIEND) AT BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER | THEATER REVIEW

Gaye, as reprented here, was particularly hnted by a preacher dad who manifted evil his physil as well as psychologil abe of his spoe as well as children, a daddy that would fire his popular child ad at the age of forty-five. Though Motown creator Berry Gordy beme the ncerned figure Gaye required, the volist never ever obtaed near his magnate mentor or fortable also at the top of his novative succs.

Two of Gaye’s tun are the bt archetyp of their kd: there is no much better or even more betiful prottatn of battle than “What’s Gog On”; there is no higher temptatn than “Let’s Get It On. ” In Taylor’s reprentatn, both songs emanate om Gaye’s specific disforts; whout his sufferg, his bounty would have never ever generated such abundant u.

MARV GAYE NCERTS AT REGAL THEATER ON CHIGO

In fact, though he’s borred on stage by one-dimensnal characters of eher pure mer or, the se of his daddy, pure evil, Gaye might be one of the richt as well as most plex character’s Taylor’s “veloped” yet; we see a man who repudiat his imper father yet n neher tremble his disapproval nor ignore the spirual stcture that appeared to discharge the abe (neher for that issue n Gaye’s mommy, picted wh extreme mer and self-sacrifice by Yahda Uen, that offsets the easy nature of her personaly wh a movg gospel number, “Oh My God” wrten by playwright Taylor, that qutns her ias after Marv‘s ath. This is the troublome qutn of the life of Marv Gaye and of this program, which fish a posthumo rendn of among the most relig of all Marv Gaye songs, his versn of the scripture hymn “His Eye gets on the Sparrow”: Jt how much disfort n we experience and also still believe God? His tert is sudnly foced when he fds a young Anna Gordy, the very first lady to match Gaye’s stubbornns and pennce.

Across this love story, visors will certaly listen to several tun om Gaye’s nsirable disgraphy all the while seeg jt how Marv and Anna’s relatnship formed his profsn as well as the d of Motown.