FILE - This Feb. 11, 2012, file photo shows Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. in Beverly Hills, Calif. A musical based on the life of legendary Motown Records founder Berry Gordy is set to open on Broadway next year. Brandon Victor Dixon, who portrays Gordy, and Valisia LeKae, who plays its signature songstress, Diana Ross, visited the Motown Museum on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, ahead of their upcoming Broadway musical about Motown Records. “Motown: The Musical” begins its run of preview performances March 11 ahead of the official opening on April 14 at New York's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. (AP Photo/Vince Bucci, File)
Leads, director of Motown musical visit Hitsville
FILE - This Feb. 11, 2012, file photo shows Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. in Beverly Hills, Calif. A musical based on the life of legendary Motown Records founder Berry Gordy is set to open on Broadway next year. Brandon Victor Dixon, who portrays Gordy, and Valisia LeKae, who plays its signature songstress, Diana Ross, visited the Motown Museum on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, ahead of their upcoming Broadway musical about Motown Records. “Motown: The Musical” begins its run of preview performances March 11 ahead of the official opening on April 14 at New York's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. (AP Photo/Vince Bucci, File)
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
Associated Press /
November 28, 2012
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The first time he visited the museum, Randolph-Wright remembered walking into the gift shop, where he ‘‘bought everything,’’ including a Temptations T-shirt that read: ‘‘Live It Again.’’
‘‘I love that, because that’s what we’re doing,’’ he said.
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