If you go when it finally opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City, chances are you won’t be able to get the tunes of Motown: The Musical out of your head. And according to a new announcement, you won’t have to rely on your memory, anyway.
Just a week before the March 11 preview opening, Universal Music Enterprise is digitally releasing Motown Originals: The Classic Songs That Inspired The Broadway Show!
The album will be released in stores on March 12; a date for the cast album was not released.The songs included will be My Girl
by The Temptations, I Want You Back by The Jackson Five, and Ain’t No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross.Motown legend Berry Gordy is producing alongside Tony Award winner Kevin McCollum (Rent, Avenue Q
). The musical opens officially on April 14 and is directed by Charles Randolph-Wright. Visit the website for information on tickets, the cast and more.