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Barney Ales Composer
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Nickolas Ashford Composer
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Robert Bateman Composer
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Renaldo Benson Composer
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Mary C. Brockert Composer
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Tyran Carlo Composer
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James Cavanaugh Composer
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Alfred W. Cleveland Composer
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Henry Cosby Composer
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Hal Davis Composer
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AEA, AFTRA, SAG Titanic (1997-99)- Lunt-Fontane Theatre, Capt. Smith, Mr. Straus, Edgar Beane. The Sound of Music(1990)- Lincoln Center, u.s. Captain Von Trapp (Dir. Jamie Hammerstein) AEA National Tours: The King and I(2004-05), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (2001-02), Titanic(2000), Grease (1990)(1986), Joseph and the...Dreamcoat (1982-83), I'm Getting My Act Together...(1981) Regional/Stock: The Repetory Theatre of St.Louis,, Berkshire Theatre Co., Whole Theatre Co., Theatre Virginia, Gateway Playhouse, Music Theatre of Wichita, Casa Manana/Bass Hall, Stage One, Broadway Westchester, Tennessee Repetory, MUNY, Theatre of the Stars, New Harmony Theatre, North CArolina Theatre Co., ECU Summer Theatre Asst. Professor of Musical Theatre, University of North Carolina-Pembroke. Graduate ... read more
Frank De Vol Composer
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Autry Dewalt Composer
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Georgia Dobbins Composer
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Herbert Lamont Dozier Composer
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Ervin M. Drake Composer
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Dan Fisher Composer
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Gwendolyn Gordy Fuqua Composer
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William Garrett Composer
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Lee Garrett Composer
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William Garrett Lyricist
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Marvin Gaye Composer
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David Goldsmith Script Consultant
DAVID GOLDSMITH is a playwright, bookwriter, lyricist, composer and “script doctor.” He is currently represented at the National Theatre of Israel in Tel Aviv with book & lyrics for Masada 1942 (Shuki Levy, music, Moshe Kepten, dir). BROADWAY: Motown The Musical (“script consultant,” book & lyrics), also London’s West End (Shaftesbury Theatre), two US National tours, and a UK tour. WEST END: book & lyrics for Imagine This (New London Theatre and Theatre Royal Plymouth, a filmed production of which aired on PBS and is part of the ShopPBS catalogue, as well as a 2017 revival at the Union Theatre ... read more
Berry Gordy Bookwriter
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(Based on the book "To Be Loved: The Music, The Magic, The Memories of Motown")
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George Gordy Composer
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Berry Gordy, Jr. Composer
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Freddie Gorman Composer
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Cornelius Grant Composer
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Nancy Hamilton Lyricist
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Lula Mae Hardaway Composer
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Irene Higginbotham Composer
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Brian Holland Composer
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Ivy Joe Hunter Composer
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Willie Hutch Composer
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Rick James Composer
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Edward Holland, Jr. Composer
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William King Composer
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Ronald Lapread Composer
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Morgan Lewis Composer
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Michael Lovesmith Composer
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Thomas McClary Composer
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Allen Henry McGrier Composer
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Ronald Miller Composer
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Alonzo Miller Composer
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Alonzo Miller Lyricist
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Alphonso J. Mizell Composer
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Russ Morgan Composer
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Orlando Murden Composer
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Walter Orange Composer
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Clarence O. Paul Composer
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Freddie Perren Composer
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Deke Richards Composer
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Lionel Richie Composer
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He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of funk band the Commodores; writing and recording the hit singles "Easy", "Sail On", "Three Times a Lady" and "Still", with the group before his departure. In 1980, he wrote and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Lady" for Kenny Rogers. The following year, he wrote and produced the single "Endless Love", which he recorded as a duet with Diana Ross; it remains among the top 20 bestselling singles of all time, and the biggest career hit for both artists. In 1982, he ... read more
Smokey Robinson Composer
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William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and former record executive director. Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. He led the group from its 1955 origins as "the Five Chimes" until 1972, when he announced his retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president. However, Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year. After the sale of Motown Records in 1988, Robinson left the company in 1990. Robinson was ... read more
William Robinson Composer
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Smokey Robinson Lyricist
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William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and former record executive director. Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. He led the group from its 1955 origins as "the Five Chimes" until 1972, when he announced his retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president. However, Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year. After the sale of Motown Records in 1988, Robinson left the company in 1990. Robinson was ... read more
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Joan Pamela Sawyer Composer
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Dick Scanlan Script Consultant
Dick Scanlan is a multi-talented actor, director, and writer who has made a name for himself both on and off Broadway. Born in Massachusetts in 1960, Scanlan developed a love for the theater at a young age and went on to study drama at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Scanlan's first major Broadway credit came in 1996 when he co-wrote the book and lyrics for the musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie" alongside Richard Morris. The show, which starred Sutton Foster in the title role, went on to win six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Scanlan's clever lyrics and witty book were praised ... read more
Valerie Simpson Composer
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William Stevenson Composer
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Larry Stock Composer
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Barrett Strong Composer
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Marvin Tarplin Composer
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Mary Wells Composer
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Bob West Composer
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Ronald White Composer
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Norman J. Whitfield Composer
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Milan Williams Composer
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Frank Wilson Composer
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Stevie Wonder Composer
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Syreeta Wright Composer
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ESosa Costume Designer
For Broadway, Mr. Sosa designed TOPDOG/UNDERDOG (also London and various regional theatres). Recent Off-Broadway credits include By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Second Stage); Break of Noon (MCC), also Geffen Playhouse; The Capeman (Delacorte); Juan and John; Father Comes Home from the Wars; Romeo and Juliet; The Story and Radiant Baby (Public Theater); Oroonoko and Ohio State Murders (Theatre for a New Audience); The Misanthrope; All That I Will Ever Be; The Seven and Eyewitness Blues (New York Theatre Workshop) and Trust; Crowns; Birdie Blue and Living Out (Second Stage Theatre). Regional credits include Ruined (Arena Stage); Twist (Alliance); Best ... read more
Warren Adams Choreographer
Warren Adams is an award winning Director, Choreographer and an Adjunct Professor at NYU and Princeton University in the Theatre Department. He is currently Choreographing the upcoming Broadway Show MOTOWN which premieres Spring 2013, produced by Berry Gordy (Motown Founder), Doug Morris (CEO Sony Music) and Kevin McCollum (Broadway's Rent, Avenue Q and In The Heights) He Directed the upcoming Film Documentary "Africa Straight Up" which premieres Oct 2012. Born and raised in South Africa, he won the Nelson Mandela/Sainsbury scholarship to study at the Rambert Ballet in London. He is a graduate of Brunel University in England and winner of the Rudolf ... read more
Daniel Brodie Projection Designer
Graduated with a degree in theatre and media design from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. Brodie’s Broadway credits include Motown:The Musical and Disney’s Aladdin. He also designed the projections for Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella and The Winter's Tale and has worked regularly with puppeteer Basil Twist. He has also created large-scale video designs for Kanye West, Mariah Carey, and for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. He has also worked as a guest lecturer at Yale University and New York University. Brodie’s awards include the United States Institute of Theatre Technology’s Rising Star Award ... read more
Bryan Crook Co-Orchestrator and Arrangements
Bryan Crook is a Tony-nominated orchestrator, producer, composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist for Broadway, TV and films. In addition to playing woodwinds for The Book of Mormon on Broadway, his work can be heard on the Grammy-nominated cast album for Motown the Musical, Ice Age 4, “Smash” (NBC), the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, the Emmy Awards, and the Billboard Music Awards. His theatre credits include Motown the Musical, The Book of Mormon, First Date, Legally Blonde, West Side Story, Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia among many others. He has scored for many rock acts including Lamb of God, Too Late the ... read more
Berry Gordy Producer
Peter Hylenski Sound Designer
Peter Hylenski received a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award Honour for his work on Moulin Rouge! The Musical. A Grammy, Olivier, and seven-time Tony nominee, his selected design credits include Frozen, Anastasia, Beetlejuice, Once on This Island, Something Rotten, King Kong, Rock of Ages, After Midnight, Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, Side Show, Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, Shrek the Musical, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Lend Me a Tenor, Elf, Wonderland, Cry-Baby, The Times They Are a-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. ... read more
Joseph Joubert Music Director
Natasha Katz Lighting Designer
Natasha Katz is a New York-based lighting designer. She is a six-time Tony Award winner who has designed extensively for theatre, opera, dance, concerts, and permanent lighting installations around the world. Her recent Broadway credits include: Diana, The Music Man, All My Sons, Burn This, The Prom, Frozen, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Cats, School of Rock, An American in Paris, Aladdin, Skylight, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, and Aida. ... read more
David Korins Scenic Designer
Broadway: Mrs. Doubtfire, Beetlejuice (Tony nom, Drama Desk award), Hamilton (Tony nom), War Paint (Tony nom), Dear Evan Hansen, Bandstand, Misery, Motown, Vanya and Sonia, Bring It On, The Pee-Wee Herman Show, Lombardi, and Passing Strange. TV: "91st Annual Academy Awards," "Grease: Live!" (Emmy award). Concert: Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Andrea Boccelli. Extensive Off-Broadway/regional theatre, hospitality, and experience design. Dad: Stella and Vivian. ... read more
Nina Lannan Executive Producer
Zane Mark Dance Arranger
Kevin McCollum Producer
Kevin McCollum has received the Tony Award for Best Musical for "In the Heights" (2008), "Avenue Q" (2004), and "Rent" (1996), which also won the Pulitzer Prize. He is currently represented on Broadway with the Olivier Award-winning "The Play That Goes Wrong." He produced "Something Rotten!" (Broadway, National Tour), "Hand to God" ( Broadway, West End), "Motown: The Musical" (Broadway, West End, and National Tour), "The Drowsy Chaperone" in 2006, which won five Tony Awards, Baz Luhrmann's production of "Puccini's La Boheme" in 2002, [title of show] in 2008, the touring and Broadway productions of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," the ... read more
Doug Morris Producer
Nansci Neiman-Legette Executive Producer
Ethan Popp Arrangements and Orchestrations
Ethan is a Grammy Award nominated music producer and Tony Award nominated orchestrator. With a career spanning over the last twenty years, his work as a music supervisor, arranger, orchestrator, and music producer has been seen and heard worldwide. Since 2013, Ethan has served as the music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator for Broadway’s Motown the Musical, which earned him a 2013 Tony Award nomination for Best Orchestration (along with co-orchestrator Bryan Crook) and can currently be seen on tour throughout the United Kingdom. Motown also earned Ethan a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album (as music producer of ... read more
Bespoke Theatricals General Manager
Maggie Brohn, Amy Jacobs, Devin Keudell, and Nina Lannan are partners and manage Broadway musicals and plays, tours, and concerts. This season on Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Billy Elliot, Bonnie and Clyde, Ghost, EVITA, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Shatner's World: We Just Live In It and the plays Magic/Bird, and Venus In Fur. On tour: Mamma Mia!. Past productions include CATS, Annie Get Your Gun, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Color Purple, Legally Blonde and The Pillowman. ... read more
Patricia Wilcox Choreographer

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