\ud83c\udfad NEW! Sacramento Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time to \u201cJam\u201d at Broadway Sacramento, with the four-time Tony Award winning MJ the Musical. With a book by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage<\/a> and choreography by Christopher Wheeldon<\/a>, this National tour is a high-energy visual spectacle that checks all the boxes for pure, unadulterated entertainment.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfad NEW! Sacramento Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n The story is framed around rehearsals for Michael Jackson<\/a>\u2019s 1992 Dangerous tour. It relies on flashbacks to tell Michael\u2019s version of his life: his abusive and controlling father, the pressure of fame, his need to share his art. His formative years have turned him into a perfectionist with a pill problem who tries to recapture the childhood he never had. It notably avoids much of the controversy and speculation that followed him throughout his career, and instead focuses on his rise to fame and the artistry behind his music.<\/p>\n What the story delivers is spectacle. Dazzling choreography, intense numbers, and seamless set moves contribute to a slick showcase of unforgettable MJ. When Jordan Markus<\/a> as MJ first steps out onto the stage to deliver \u201cBeat It,\u201d the audience begins a nostalgic journey that reminds us why Jackson is forever the King of Pop. Witnessing Markus is like seeing a ghost — looks, mannerisms, dance moves. He has it all. His reminiscences into the Jackson 5 era are covered by Eric Wiltz as Little Michael, who is perhaps the cutest and most talented nine-year-old I\u2019ve witnessed. Thriller-era Michael is played by Brandon <\/a>Lee Harris<\/a>, also a vocal doppelganger of the late Jackson and an inimitable talent.<\/p>\n MJ is a showcase of music and movement. It\u2019s more concert than Broadway musical, and it\u2019s unbeatable in terms of jaw-dropping performances. The cast doesn\u2019t miss with the favorites: \u201cBillie Jean<\/a>,\u201d \u201cMan in the Mirror,\u201d \u201cSmooth Criminal,\u201d and, of course, the much-anticipated \u201cThriller.\u201d If you want to be thoroughly entertained by an energetically charged and electrifying tribute to one of the most powerful figures of our time, look no further.<\/p>\n MJ the Musical plays at Broadway Sacramento through August 19th. Tickets may be purchased online at BroadwaySacramento.com, by phone at (916) 557-1999, or at the Box Office at 1419 H Street in Sacramento.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n More on Broadway Sacramento<\/p>\n Reader Reviews<\/p>\n To post a comment, you must register<\/a> and login<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfad NEW! Sacramento Theatre Newsletter Get all the top news & discounts for Sacramento & beyond. It\u2019s time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-264765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}