I grew up in the Episcopal Church, went to private school in that church, went to chapel every day.
The biggest thing Motown did was change our social fabric: the way we interacted with each other as human beings.
'Hamilton' and 'Shuffle Along' are closely connected because the ensembles are all friends, and they both deal with historical figures and the impact they've made on American life.
It is relatively impossible for people to have clear perspectives on themselves when they're in the midst of them, and often harder to recollect after the times, eras, and situations themselves have passed.
For me, religion is a political construct, and spirituality is a community construct, and there's a real difference.
Berry Gordy has always been this hazy legendary figure that I've known about in my childhood that was responsible for everything that I found important in the world.
