MEMPHIS Tour Begins Ticket Sales Thursday 7/21

MEMPHIS, the most anticipated musical production of the 2011-2012 Broadway Season and the winner of four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical will launch its international tour at The Orpheum Theatre on October 14-23, 2011.

Tickets go on sale Thursday, July 21st, at 11:00 AM and will be exclusively available at The Orpheum Theatre Box Office from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The Orpheum will be hosting a special MEMPHIS on sale event and the first 100 people in line will receive a MEMPHIS sampler CD. WRVR The River will be on hand from 11:00 AM -1:00 PM providing patrons who purchase their MEMPHIS ticket with a special "taste of Memphis" lunch.

Memphis Mayor AC Wharton will be on hand to sell the first MEMPHIS ticket. Other special guests will be featured throughout the day including renowned historian Jimmy Ogle and Memphis DJ legend, George Klein.

Patrons who buy their MEMPHIS ticket will receive a free movie ticket to see Great Balls Fire, showing that night at 7:15 PM, and special offers from local Memphis music attractions including the Rock ‘N' Soul Museum and Sun Studio.

Critically acclaimed MEMPHIS won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score (David Bryan and Joe DiPietro), Best Book (Joe DiPietro), and Best Orchestrations (David Bryan and Daryl Waters). MEMPHIS won four Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Montego Glover), Outstanding Music (David Bryan) and Outstanding Orchestration (David Bryan and Daryl Waters). MEMPHIS has also won four Outer Critic Circle Awards including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Score (David Bryan & Joe DiPietro), Outstanding Actress (Montego Glover) and Outstanding Choreography (Sergio Trujillo).

MEMPHIS takes place in the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated 50's, where a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun fell in love with everything he shouldn't: rock and roll and an electrifying black singer. MEMPHIS is an original story about the cultural revolution that erupted when his vision met her voice, and the music changed forever.

The show features a brand new Tony winning score with music by Bon Jovi's founding member and keyboardist David Bryan and lyrics by Bryan and Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change), who also pens the musical's book. Bryan and DiPietro also collaborated on the current award-winning off-Broadway hit, The Toxic Avenger.

MEMPHIS is based on a concept by the late George W. George (producer of the Tony nominated Bedroom Farce and the film My Dinner With Andre), with direction by Tony nominee Christopher Ashley (Xanadu) and choreography by Sergio Trujillo, who is currently represented by an astonishing three shows on Broadway (Memphis, Jersey Boys, and The Addams Family).

Scenic Design for MEMPHIS is by Tony Award winner David Gallo (The Drowsy Chaperone, Reasons to Be Pretty), Costume Design is by Tony nominee Paul Tazewell (In The Heights), Lighting Design is by Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (Jersey Boys) and Sound Design is by Ken Travis (The Threepenny Opera).

MEMPHIS is produced on Broadway by Junkyard Dog Productions, Barbara and Buddy Freitag and Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff with Latitude Link, Jim and Susan Blair, Demos Bizar Entertainment, Land Line Productions, Apples and Oranges Productions, Dave Copley, Dancap Productions, Inc., Alex and Katya Lukianov, Tony Ponturo, 2 Guys Productions, and Richard Winkler in association with Lauren Doll, Eric and Marsi Gardiner, Linda and Bill Potter, Broadway Across America, Jocko Productions, Patty Baker, Dan Frishwasser, Bob Bartner/Scott and Kaylin Union, Loraine Boyle/Chase Mishkin, Remmel T. Dickinson/Memphis Orpheum Group and ShadowCatcher Entertainment/Vijay and Sita Vashee.

MEMPHIS will launch its international tour at The Orpheum Theatre on October 14th-23th, 2011. The Orpheum will host a special Box Office in-person-only on sale event for MEMPHIS on Thursday, July 21st from 11:00 AM-6:00 PM. Tickets go on sale online and all other ticket outlets on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 10:00 AM and will be available at The Orpheum Box Office (901-525-3000) or the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood and at all Ticketmaster centers (901-743-ARTS).

The Orpheum Theatre and Ticketmaster are the only OFFICAL TICKETING SOURCES for tickets to MEMPHIS. The Orpheum is not responsible for tickets purchased through unauthorized third parties. For additional information or to purchase tickets online, please visit The Orpheum Theatre's website at www.orpheum-memphis.com.