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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, a new musical will open at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street) on Sunday, April 11 with previews beginning Saturday, March 13. BroadwayWorld.com is pleased to be able to share some highlights of the show's Chicago production along with the creative team chatting about the new show!
The Broadway cast will feature the acclaimed original "quartet" from the Chicago company.
Eddie Clendening,
Lance Guest,
Levi Kreis, and
Rob Lyons will each be making their Broadway debuts in MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET. They will be joined by
ElizaBeth Stanley (Cry-Baby) and Tony Award® nominee
Hunter Foster (Little Shop of Horrors, Urinetown). Clendening will play ‘
Elvis Presley,' Guest will reprise his portrayal of ‘
Johnny Cash,' Kreis will play ‘Jerry
Lee Lewis' for which he received a Jeff Award nomination, and Lyons will play ‘
Carl Perkins.'
These four actor/musicians were hailed by Chicago critics where the production has been playing to packed houses at the
Apollo Theatre since 2008.
Chris Jones of The Chicago Tribune said, "These actors give virtuosic performances, but they're also thrilling musicians," and Hedy Weiss of The Chicago Sun-Times called MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, "a musically dazzling, rhythmically propulsive, rollicking 90-minute fantasia performed with rip-roaring virtuosity by these sensational four."
On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought
Johnny Cash, Jerry
Lee Lewis,
Carl Perkins, and
Elvis Presley together. The place was Sun Records' storefront studio in Memphis. The man who made it happen was Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll," who discovered them all. The four legends-to-be united for the only time in their careers for an impromptu recording that has come to be known as one of the greatest rock jam sessions of all time.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET features a treasure trove of the greatest rock 'n' roll, gospel, R&B and country hits from these music legends, including such iconic songs as "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," "Sixteen Tons," "Who Do You Love?," "Great Balls of Fire," "Riders in the Sky," "I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues," and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On." MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET captures the infectious spirit, freewheeling excitement and thrilling sounds of a singular moment when four of the music industry's most extraordinary talents, all in their creative prime, came together for one of the most memorable nights in music history.
