Baby It’s You opened on Broadway at the
Broadhurst Theatre on Wednesday, April 27.
The new musical tells the story of Florence Greenberg, the woman who discovered The Shirelles and created Scepter Records, becoming the music industry’s first female powerhouse.
Opening night guests included actors Jane Fonda, Chad Goodridge, Chester Gregory, Hunter Ryan Herdlika, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Eve Plumb, and Max Von Essen; record producers Clive Davis and Richard Perry; Stephen Eich, executive director of the Pasadena Playhouse, where the musical had its world premiere; and Mary Jane Greenberg, the daughter of Florence Greenberg.
Baby It’s You is conceived by Floyd Mutrux, directed by Mutrux and Sheldon Epps, and written by Mutrux and Colin Escott, with choreography by Birgitte Mutrux, musical supervision and arrangements by Rahn Coleman, orchestrations by Don Sebesky and musical direction by Shelton Becton.
Tony Award winner Beth Leavel stars as Florence Greenberg, along with Erica Ash, Kelli Barrett, Kyra Da Costa, Erica Dorfler, Geno Henderson, Jahi A. Kearse, Allan Louis, Barry Pearl, Christina Sajous, Crystal Starr and Brandon Uranowitz.
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Jane Fonda, Richard Perry, and Clive Davis
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Kyra DaCosta, Erica Ash, Beth Leavel, Christina Sajous, and Crystal Starr
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Valerie Harper
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Chester Gregory
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Eve Plumb
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Max Von Essen
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Rebecca Naomi Jones and Chad Goodridge
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Hunter Ryan Herdlika
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Allan Louis
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Mary Jane Greenberg and Kelli Barrett
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Geno Henderson
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Birgitte Mutrux and Floyd Mutrux
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Sheldon Epps and Stephen Eich
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Barry Pearl
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