The NSO celebrat fifty years of Marv Gaye’s inic album What’s Gog On at this star-studd, unfettable ncert event. Relive the magic as Joshua Henry, Cory Henry, Le Jam, Michelle Williams, and Ey Kg perform your favore hs by the late, great Prce of Motown.
Contents:
- REVIEW: ‘PRI & JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL’ AT THE NATNAL THEATRE
- WASHGTON DC HISTORY AND CULTURE CELEBRAT MARV GAYE’S LIFE AND MIL ACPLISHMENTS
- WASHGTON, D.C., S WH LKS TO MARV GAYE
- MARV GAYE-SPIRED EXHIBN TO GURATE RUBELL MM WASHGTON, DC
REVIEW: ‘PRI & JOY: THE MARV GAYE MIL’ AT THE NATNAL THEATRE
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In honor of the 50th anniversary of Marv Gaye’s semal album What’s Gog On, the NSO prents a star-studd ncert featurg the Prce of Motown’s greatt hs performed by some of today’s ft artists: Grammy-wng sger/songwrer and former member of Dty’s Child Michelle Williams, three-time Tony and Grammy-nomated Broadway star Joshua Henry, ternatnally renowned artist and former member of Snarky Puppy Cory Henry, three-time Grammy nomated sger/songwrer Le Jam, Grammy-nomated pop/soul star Ey Kg, and Grammy-wng sger/songwrer Bilal! Marv Gaye was one of the most revolutnary soul sger-songwrers of the 20th century. Across the untry, May 1st is signated “Marv Gaye Day.
“Gaye’s signature vol ad libs started here and have endured through R&B and hip hop ever sce”. 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.
WASHGTON DC HISTORY AND CULTURE CELEBRAT MARV GAYE’S LIFE AND MIL ACPLISHMENTS
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.
WASHGTON, D.C., S WH LKS TO MARV GAYE
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). 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.
MARV GAYE-SPIRED EXHIBN TO GURATE RUBELL MM WASHGTON, DC
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. 27 focg on Marv Gaye’s life and mic reer. Robert Kelleman, a -founr of Washgton, DC History & Culture, discsed Gaye’s signifince mic history a virtual prentatn, as he was an important face of Motown mic.