and Kyra DaCosta in Baby It’s You
(© Ari Mintz)
Warner Bros. has settled a legal dispute over the Broadway musical Baby It’s You, according to The Hollywood Reporter. No terms of the settlement were revealed.
Earlier this year, a complaint was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York seeking damages on behalf of performers Beverly Lee of The Shirelles, Dionne Warwick and Chuck Jackson, as well as the Estates of Doris Coley Jackson and Addie Harris Jackson, for the unauthorized use of their names and likenesses in connection with the show, which played the Broadhurst Theatre.
The musical told the story of Florence Greenberg (played by Beth Leavel), the woman who discovered The Shirelles and created Scepter Records. Jackson and Warwick were among the singers who were signed to the label.
The musical was conceived by Floyd Mutrux, directed by Mutrux and Sheldon Epps, and written by Mutrux and Colin Escott, with musical supervision and arrangements by Rahn Coleman, orchestrations by Don Sebesky and musical direction by Shelton Becton.
