STAGE TUBE: MEMPHIS' David McDonald Proposes to Girlfriend on Shubert Stage

MEMPHIS wasn't Broadway's only award-winning act during the show's Sunday matinee performance. David McDonald produced a second show-stopping moment when he proposed to his girlfriend at the end of the night.

MEMPHIS is a musical by David Bryan (music and lyrics) and Joe DiPietro (lyrics and book), loosely based on Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips, one of the first white DJs to play black music in the 1950s. At the 2010 Tony Awards, MEMPHIS took home the prize for Best Musical, along with three other awards.

Congrats to the happy couple!

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