MANSFIELD—Motown music lovers, mark your calendars! The Music of Motown, a retrospective of the greatest hits that ever came out of the Motor City, is coming to the Renaissance Stage on Friday, May 12th, 2023 at 8:00 pm. This one-night event will be a collaboration between Alice Bond (arranger/musical director and keyboards) and Condrea Cannada (vocals) and will feature some of the all-time greats, including The Temptations, The Four Tops, and Etta James.
The concert will feature two dozen songs, including classics such as ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,’ ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine,’ ‘Please Mr. Postman,’ ‘My Guy,’ and ‘Baby Love’. Joining Bond and Cannada on stage will be Deon Taylor, Najee Rawls, Jody Odom Jr., and Genell Hudson.
The Music of Motown will take you back to the start of the Motown era in 1959 when Berry Gordy founded Motown Records. The music of Diana Ross & the Supremes, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson & the Jackson 5, the Marveleetes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Lionel Richie & the Commodores, and Tina Marie changed society at large by creating sounds that are considered the most significant musical accomplishments of the 20th century. Often called the “Sound of Young America,” the distinctive music brought together white and black, old and young, rock and pop, blues and soul in a way that no other music had ever been able to achieve.
Tickets for The Music of Motown begin at $15 and include a “date night” option that includes wine and a dessert for two. The concert will take place in the Rand Smith Auditorium of the historic Renaissance Theatre at 138 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, OH. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Renaissance box office, by phone at 419-522-2726, or by visiting the Ren website: rentickets.org.