http://wamc.org en http://wamc.org/post/brandon-victor-dixon-motown-musical-broadway <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.motownthemusical.com/" style="line-height: 1.5;"><em style="line-height: 1.5;">Motown: The Musical</em> </a><span style="line-height: 1.5;">is the real story of the one-of-a-kind sound that hit the airwaves in 1959 and changed our culture forever. This exhilarating show charts Motown founder Berry Gordy's incredible journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, </span>Smokey<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Robinson, Marvin Gaye and so many more.</span></p><p>Featuring all the classics you love, the show tells the story behind the hits as Diana, Smokey, Berry and the whole Motown family fight against the odds to create the soundtrack that changed America.</p><p> Fri, 31 May 2013 15:35:00 +0000 Sarah LaDuke 66016 at http://wamc.org Brandon Victor Dixon on "Motown: The Musical" on Broadway http://wamc.org/post/bettye-lavette <p>It seems like Bettye LaVette's time has finally come. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:35:00 +0000 Joe Donahue 53830 at http://wamc.org Bettye LaVette http://wamc.org/post/otis-williams-temptations <p>Legendary Motown group, <a href="http://www.temptationssing.com/fr_home.cfm">The Temptations</a>, will be at <a href="http://www.mahaiwe.org/">The Mahaiwe</a> in Great Barrington, MA this Sunday, December 2nd at 7pm.</p><p>Otis Williams joins us to talk about still singing those seminal songs after all of these years.</p> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:50:00 +0000 Joe Donahue 52943 at http://wamc.org Otis Williams from The Temptations