Charlotte Observer takes real “Dreamgirls” tour at Motown Museum
With Dreamgirls a hit at the box office, a column in the Charlotte Observer takes readers to the real Hitsville USA Motown Museum in Detroit.
With Dreamgirls a hit at the box office, a column in the Charlotte Observer takes readers to the real Hitsville USA Motown Museum in Detroit.
Excerpt:
“The film is entertainment. Here is where you come to get the
truth,” says the museum’s chief operating officer Audley Kano Smith.
A world map dotted with push pins denotes the many places people have traveled from to visit the museum.
A third of the approximately 60,000 visitors every year are from other countries.
Read the entire article here.
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