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Ryan Shaw on His Road from Grammy-Nominated Soul Singer to Playing Stevie Wonder in Motown by Kathy Henderson

Age & Hometown: 37; Decatur; GA Current Role: A Broadway debut as Stevie Wonder in the smash hit Motown the Musical. Born to Sing: Southern charmer Shaw has been thrilling audiences since he spontaneously began singing harmony in the church choir at age five. His mother, a Pentecostal minister, nixed top 40 at home, but Shaw listened to Aretha and Michael Jackson at the supermarket. “I never sang pop …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:56AM on August 8, 2013

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