TribLIVE: Playing historical, familiar and often iconic characters on stage is nothing unusual for actors.
Whether it's a title role such as Richard III, Evita Peron or smaller parts like Benjamin Franklin in “1776,” performers struggle to balance the responsibility to portray a real and well-known person with their own vision of the character.
Few know this as well as Julius Thomas III, who plays legendary songwriter and Motown Record founder and producer Berry Gordy Jr. in the national touring production of “Motown the Musical” that plays Dec. 30 to Jan. 4 at Heinz Hall, Downtown.
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