Sheldon Rhoden didn’t have much stage experience when he first played Marvin Gaye in a 2011 show at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. Over the years, the soul singer has become a part of him ...

Sheldon Rhoden didn’t have much stage experience when he first played Marvin Gaye in a 2011 show at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. Over the years, the soul singer has become a part of him ...

WestCoast Black Theatre Troupe revives one of their most popular original shows, Marvin Gaye: Prince of Soul. Created, adapted, and directed by WBTT’s founder, Nate Jacobs, Gaye’s story is ...

Closing Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's 2023-2024 season is its most-requested show, “Marvin Gaye: Prince of Soul.” Sheldon Rhoden, one of Sarasota’s favorite WBTT troupe members, will ...

Let’s get it on. Trial starts to determine if white singer stole song elements from Marvin Gaye. The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye's co-writer of the 1973 classic, sued Sheeran, alleging the ...

Gaye left a trove of costumes, notebooks, letters and demo tapes with a family in Ostend, Belgium more than 40 years ago. Getty Images. While the world may want to feast their ears on the capsule ...

Some recognize the painting from "Good Times," the 1970s sitcom about a Black Chicago family. Others who see it think of Marvin Gaye's 14th studio album, "I Want You." ...

How the 1978 sounds of Prince and Marvin Gaye inspired Pasadena’s José James The soulful, hypnotic grooves on his new album '1978' run the older music through a modern filter.