(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (BergenPAC) presents So Good For The Soul: A Tribute to the Music of Motown on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 8:00pm. This is a non-stop, high energy trip down memory lane performed by a cast of 8 veteran entertainers and their band, including former members of The Jones, Main Ingredient, & The Marvelettes peppered with Broadway savvy performers who had leading roles in Dream Girls, Your Arms Too Short to Box With God, Porgy & Bess and Showboat.
This amazing show features the songs America grew up with. Great attention to detail was paid by musical director Gary Kupper (who created the hit Broadway family show, Freckleface Strawberry). The iconic Motown Sound is recreated down to the slightest vocal and musical nuances – to emulate American icons like Marvin Gaye & Tammie Terrell, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Lionel Richie, Mary Wells, and more. The look & feel of authenticity extends to costumes from Tony Award winning designer Evie Ross and classic Motown choreography from American Dance Theater director Terri Giordano.
Sing, dance & celebrate the music of your life to songs like “My Girl,” “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” “Reach Out,” “Shop Around,” “Dancin’ In The Street,” “Stop, In The Name Of Love,” “Ain’t Nothin’ Like The Real Thing,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” & “Uptight” – nearly 30 non-stop hits in all!
The truly talented and charismatic cast is a perfect blend of look, sound & personalities, which are tailor-made for the songs they perform. Cumulatively, the cast members have performed on recordings with over 30 million record sales and over 40 years of both on & off Broadway experience. The director, musical director, choreographer & costume designer have jointly won over 25 of America’s most prestigious theater awards for their direction, choreography and staging.
Tickets range from $29 to $49 and are available at: www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office (201) 227-1030. bergenPAC is located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, NJ.
