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Written by Carrie O’Hara
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Wednesday, 04 October 2006 |
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 Although music legend Ray Charles is gone, his rhythm and blues lives on in a musical.
“I Can’t Stop Loving You,” which features the music of Ray Charles, will play in both Fort Collins and Greeley.
During his musical career, Charles won 17 Grammy Awards. His music spoke to fans of all ages and spanned generations. His last album, “Genius Loves Company,” debuted after his death in 2005 and was his best seller.
Unlike recent tributes to Charles, including the 2004 movie “Ray” starring Jamie Foxx, this production focuses more on Charles’ music than his life.
For fans of Broadway-type productions ,“I Can’t Stop Loving You” offers a brand new experience.
“Nobody has seen it before, it isn’t like ‘Annie’ or ‘Cats’ where people have seen it several times. ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You,’ opened in London and went right to bus tours across the United States, that’s how we were able to book them,” said Mark Breimhorst, the director of the Union Colony Civic Center.
 The show is composed of Broadway singers and dancers performing with a live orchestra. Among the featured songs are “Hit the Road Jack,” “You Don’t Know Me,” “Georgia on my Mind,” “Shake a Tail Feather,” “What’d I Say” and “Bye Bye Love." Throughout the two hour performance audience members will experience all types of music including country, gospel, rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll.
The performance was choreographed by Gary Lloyd, who has worked with many popular artists like Pink, Robbie Williams and Kelly Clarkson.
As for Breimhorst, he hopes that fans will agree with critics about the performance.
“It has just gotten great reviews. I would encourage people to come out and see it if they like Broadway or Ray Charles,” Breimhorst said.
In Fort Collins & Greeley
Fort Collins
• 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9-12
• 2 p.m. Oct. 11
• Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia
• Tickets: $37-39; 221.6730 or
fcgov.com/lctix
Greeley
• 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Oct. 14
• Union Colony Civic Center, 701 10th Ave.
- Tickets: $23-43; call 356.5000 or visit www.ucstars.com. | Only registered users can write comments.
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