Dorian Harewood Will Celebrate Stevie Wonder at 54 Below
The stage and screen star can currently be seen on Broadway in the musical version of The Notebook.
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Dorian Harewood, currently on Broadway in a Tony-nominated performance in The Notebook at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, will go it solo next month at 54 Below.
The stage and screen star will offer an evening titled A Tribute to Stevie Wonder and His Challenge to America October 14 at 7 PM. Tony Daniels will be the musical director.
Attendees can expect to hear Harewood’s renditions of “Love’s in Need of Love Today,” “Higher Ground,” “Visions,” “Livin’ for the City,” “If It’s Magic, and “Happy Birthday,” among others.
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“I’m
bringing this show to 54 Below to pay tribute to some of the iconic
songs Stevie Wonder has written over the years that challenge us, as a
people, to be better,” Harewood said in a statement. “I grew up listening to Motown, the
Beatles, jazz, blues, classical… music of all kinds was always playing
in our house. But I was most affected and influenced by the music coming
out of the Motown record label in Detroit, especially the music of
Stevie Wonder, or Little Stevie Wonder as he was known to the public
back in 1962. He was 12 years old, and so was I, and I simply couldn’t believe what I was hearing from this genius. I still can’t.”
Harewood has also been seen on Broadway in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Don’t Call Back, Streamers, and The Mighty Gents. An NAACP Image Award winner for his work as Clarence “Cool Papa” Charleston in the NBC series I’ll Fly Away as well as an Emmy nominee for Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream, the Ohio native’s numerous screen credits also include Roots: The Next Generation, Strike Force, The Jesse Owens Story, Full Metal Jacket, Against All Odds, Sudden Death,12 Angry Men, Viper, The Hoop Life, Private Practice, Boomtown, Las Vegas, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Criminal Minds, 9-1-1, Big Sky, and Bel-Air.
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Dorian Harewood and Nancy Harewood
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Hillary Fisher, Dorcas Leung, Joy Woods, and John Cardoza
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Maryann Plunkett’s Sardi’s caricature
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Max Klimavicius and Dorian Harewood
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Ryan Vasquez, Maryann Plunkett, Jay O. Sanders, and Hillary Fisher
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Jordan Tyson and Dorcas Leung
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Dorian Harewood and Nancy Harewood
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Dorian Harewood and Maryann Plunkett
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Michael Greif and Dorian Harewood
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Michael Greif and Dorian Harewood
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Dorian Harewood’s Sardi’s caricature
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