By Deardra Shuler
Producer/Creator Darrin Ross is bringing his show “Invincible: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson” to the St. George Theatre Restoration stage located at 35 Hyatt St in Staten Island, NY, on Saturday, April 6th. The rip roaring dynamite show is at 8:00 pm. Doors open at 7pm. Box Office # for tickets is 718-442-2900. The choreography is by Lavelle Smith and is performed by MJ artistic performance dancer Pete Carter and singer Jeffrey Perez.
Michael Jackson bounces back to life with a sensation never seen before via additional routines rehearsed for the HBO One Night Special that Michael Jackson never had the opportunity to bring to the national stage. The music numbers though created, were never toured consisting of old standards and audience favorites like “Smooth Criminal,”Beat it,’ “Thriller,” and “Billie Jean,” among others.
Michael’s father, Joe Jackson, after seeing Invincible endorsed the show as the best he had ever seen.
Fan who remember the Golden era classics of the Jackson 5 performing songs like “ABC,” “Can You Feel It,” “Blame It On the Boogie,” “Never Can Say Goodbye,” and “I’ll Be There.” will be delighted.
Darrin Ross has received numerous grants for his works from the Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Dance Advance, Meet The Composer and the Gross Foundation. He was appointed a United States Cultural Diplomat for the USA via Dance Motion USA.
Ross has toured Russia, Belarus, the Ukraine and most recently toured Australia where the show received wide acclaim. He is the recipient of a 2001 New York Dance & Performance Award (Bessie) for his music composition and soundscape for Rome and Jewels which won Alvin Ailey awards, an Herb Albert award and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier award. Ross has worked with many artists in the industry such as Beat-boxer AnointedS who appears in his Invincible MJ Tribute show, Jazzy Jeff, Newcleus, Doug E. Fresh, Freeway, Kim Waters, The Roots, Bahamadia, etc. His sound design and composition credits include Funkedified, Lifted, Heaven, Facing Mekka, The Kimmel Center Presents, Philadanco; The Philadelphia Experiment, The Pennsylvania Ballet, The Memphis Ballet, The Colorado Ballet, Hot Mouth, Love American Style, Maurice Hines’ Hot Feet, The Kennedy Center Honors, Carols in Color, We Dance to Inspire, and numerous dance theater works. Also featured: “Dear Frankie” by Hubard St. Dance Chicago featured at the Joyce Theatre and covered by the NY Times.
Jeffrey Perez Jr has been a vocal impersonator of Michael Jackson for a number of years and became an internet and stage sensation even appearing on the Ellen Degeneres Show with Beat Boxer AnnotedS. This is his 24th season with the Invincible show
Pete Carter has performed MJ dance numbers to perfection. In fact, Pete was honored by the King of Pop himself when Jackson saw Pete dance. He was so impressed he signed Pete’s back with a magic marker which later Pete had permanently tatooted to his back.
