NEWS TICKER
Published on
February 11, 2018
New Cast Announced As Motown The Musical Celebrates Second Birthday
By
douglasmayo
Motown the musical celebrates its second year in the West End and announces its cast for 2018 at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
Carl Spencer, David Albury and Jay Perry. Motown the musical celebrated its second birthday in the West End this weekend at the Shaftesbury Theatre and has announced that from 6 March 2018 the cast will include Jay Perry (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Whistle Down The Wind) as Berry Gordy, Natalie Kassanga (Oliver - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, The Lion King) as Diana Ross and Carl Spencer (The Scottsboro Boys) as Marvin Gaye. David Albury continues in the role of Smokey Robinson.
Cruz Lee-Ojo joins the company sharing the roles of Young Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy and Stevie Wonder with Tumo Reetsang.
The Ensemble members of Motown the musical comprise Chanice Alexandra-Burnett, KM Drew Boateng, Timothy Benjamin, Ryan Carter, Ricardo Castro, Amandla Elynah, Livvy Evans, Segun Fawole, Angela Marie Hurst, Cameron Bernard Jones, Cleopatra Joseph, Duane Lamonte, Nathan Lorainey-Dineen, Mireia Mambo, Matt Overfield, Adam Philpott, Ainsley Hall Ricketts, Lawrence Rowe, Nate Simpson, Jaime Tait, Kyle Turner, Anna Van Ruiten, Cherelle Williams, Lashane Williams, Michael Woolston-Thomas, Jayme-Lee Zanoncelli and Mitchell Zhangazha.
Motown the musical tells the story behind the legendary classic hits. Later this year, Motown will launch a tour of the UK.