Ryan Shaw Celebrates Marvin Gaye
If you are not aware of Ryan Shaw, an incredible talent with Broadway, concert house performances and Grammy-nominated album credits to his name, you should know him now.
Ryan’s fourth album, Imagining Marvin, a celebration of Marvin Gaye in song, will be released in November. But you can hear “Strong Men Can”, a single he co-wrote with songwriting genius Valerie Simpson, available now.
Ryan starred as the original Stevie Wonder in Motown: The Musical on Broadway, and
he recently appeared as Judas at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in Jesus Christ Superstar, and on London’s West End as the Soul of Michael Jackson in Thriller Live.
Ryan has performed as a concert soloist at some of the finest venues in the country, including Radio City, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center.
Check out his album, which you can pre-order.
And listen to my interview with Ryan Shaw on “Bagels and Broadway with Valerie Smaldone” Saturday morning from 9-10 on WNYM Radio, online at www.am970theanswer.com, Alexa, or following the broadcast on podcast.
Valerie Smaldone is a 5-time Billboard Magazine Award winner and is well known for her unprecedented success holding the #1 on-air position in the New York radio market on 106.7 Life-FM, an iHeart station. She has hosted, produced, and created several award-winning nationally syndicated programs featuring in-depth interviews with stars like Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Mariah Carey among others. Her radio talk show "Bagels and Broadway" highlighted theatre and food personalities. She is an accomplished interviewer and voice artist heard on commercials, narrations, promos and audiobooks, as well as a sought after live announcer.
Most recently, Valerie produced and directed a film, The Thursday Night Club, featuring pop diva Gloria Gaynor in her movie acting debut. She is one of the creators and producers of a docu-series, Divine Renovation, starring Erik Estrada, on streaming networks soon.
