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MOTOWN THE MUSICAL

Queen Elizabeth Theatre06 Feb '18 to 11 Feb '18 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • MOTOWN THE MUSICAL
Work Light Productions and Broadway Across Canada, are proud to announce that single tickets for MOTOWN THE MUSICAL are on sale.  MOTOWN THE MUSICAL will play at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre February 6-11, 2018. Ticket prices begin at $30.50 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-855-985-5000. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 1-800-889-8457.
 
Performances run Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, Sunday evening 7:30pm with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2pm.
 
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is part of the Broadway Across Canada 17/18 Season and will run in Edmonton, at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, February 13-18, 2018 and Calgary at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, February 20-25, 2018.
 
Featuring more than 40 classic hits such as “My Girl” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” MOTOWN THE MUSICAL tells the story behind the hits as Diana, Smokey, Berry and the whole Motown family fight against the odds to create the soundtrack of change in America. 
 
Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and so many more. 
 
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL features staging by Schele Williams, choreography re-created by Brian Harlan Brooks, original choreography by Patricia Wilcox (A Night with Janis Joplin) and Warren Adams (Toy Story), scenic design by David Korins (Bring It On: The Musical, Annie), costume design by Tony Award® nominee Emilio Sosa (The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, “Project Runway”), lighting design by Tony Award® winner Natasha Katz (Once, Sister Act), sound design by Tony Award® nominee Peter Hylenski (Rock of Ages, The Scottsboro Boys), projection design by Daniel Brodie (Aladdin), hair and wig design by Charles LaPointe (Memphis) and casting by Wojcik | Seay Casting.
 
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL’s arrangements and orchestrations are by Grammy and Tony Award® nominee Ethan Popp (Rock of Ages), who also serves as music supervisor in reproducing the classic “Sound of Young America,” with co-orchestrations and additional arrangements by Tony Award® nominee Bryan Crook (“Smash”) and dance arrangements by Zane Mark (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).
 
For more information, visit www.MotownTheMusical.com.
 
Photo by Joan Marcus, 2017
Event Location Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Address: 630 Hamilton St
Post Code: V6B 5N6

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