By Deardra Shuler
“Invincible: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson,” presented by creator/producer Darrin Ross,
choreographed by Lavelle Smith, and performed by dancer Pete Carter and singer Jeffrey Perez will
explode onto the St. George Theatre Restoration stage, located at 35 Hyatt St. on Saturday, April 6 th.
The rip-roaring dynamite show in Staten Island, NY, is at 8:00 pm. Doors open at 7pm. Call the box office for tickets is 718-442-2900.
Covid kept citizens indoors but “Invincible” will bring Michael Jackson 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, music numbers created but never
toured such as audience favorites, and old standards 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.
Those fans who remember the Jackson 5 beginnings will be taken down memory lane with memorable
Golden era classics. Songs like “ABC,” “Can You Feel It,” “Blame It On the Boogie,” “Never Can Say
Goodbye,” and “I’ll Be There.”
Producer Darrin Ross has received numerous grants for his works from the Rockefeller Foundation,
Ford Foundation, Dance Advance, Meet The Composer and from 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. 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 the “Invincible MJ Tribute” show; Jazzy Jeff; Newcleus; Doug E. Fresh; Freeway; Kim
Waters; The Roots; Bahamadia; among others.
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.
He’s also been featured on “Dear Frankie” by Hubard St. Dance Chicago 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
AnointedS. This is his 14th season with the “Invincible” show. AnointedS’ 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 tattooed to his back.
Michael Jackson was truly the King of Pop and one of the world’s best entertainers. So let’s keep
Michael alive in our hearts and join the “Invincible” tribute to Jackson to view the spectacle of a
lifetime. “Invincible” is being showcased at the St. George Theatre on Saturday, April 6 th at 8pm., in
Staten Island, NY.
Call the St. George box office for tickets at 718-442-2900 or via email at info@sgtr.org.