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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
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. * marvin gaye musical washington dc *
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.
WASHGTON, D.C., S WH LKS TO MARV GAYE
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.
MARV GAYE-SPIRED EXHIBN TO GURATE RUBELL MM WASHGTON, DC
She disdaed Gaye at first. 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).