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Million Dollar Quartet's Victoria Matlock ('Dyanne') will be interviewed on WAMC radio's 'The Roundtable' tomorrow, Tuesday, October 4th at 11:10AM.

The Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series and Broadway Across America-Milwaukee announces tickets for the national tour of the Broadway musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, inspired by the electrifying true story, will go on sale Sunday, September 18 at Noon.

The Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series and Broadway Across America-Milwaukee announces tickets for the national tour of the Broadway musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, inspired by the electrifying true story, will go on sale Sunday, September 18 at Noon.

Million Dollar Quartet, now in its third year, continues performances through December 31, 2011 as new cast members Brandon Bennett (Elvis Presley), Heather Marie Marsden (Dyanne) Brad Ber (Jay Perkins/Bass player) and Dan Leali (Fluke/Drummer) join Gabe Bowling (Carl Perkins), Lance Lipinsky (Jerry Lee Lewis), Sean Sullivan (Johnny Cash) and Tim Decker (Sam Phillips) for the hit show. The Tony-nominated musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together legendary rock ‘n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, celebrates its long run in Chicago, a multiple Tony-nominated New York run, a long-running London production and a national tour beginning in October 2011.

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming national tour of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the Broadway musical inspired by the electrifying true story of four rock ‘n' roll icons. Portraying these icons are, Derek Keeling as Johnny Cash, Cody Slaughter as Elvis Presley, Martin Kaye as Jerry Lee Lewis and Lee Ferris as Carl Perkins. Christopher Ryan Grant will play the 'Father of Rock ‘n' Roll,' Sam Phillips. The cast also features Kelly Lamont as Dyanne, and musicians Billy Shaffer (Fluke, drums), and Chuck Zayas (Jay Perkins, bass).

Baby It's You! will play its final Broadway performance Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 3pm, at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). Baby It's You will have played 33 preview and 151 regular performances.

The cast of the long-running, smash hit Million Dollar Quartet, Chicago's beloved musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together legendary rock ‘n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, and throngs of excited music-lovers will rock the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park with a free concert on Tuesday, August 30 at 6:30 p.m.

The cast of the long-running, smash hit Million Dollar Quartet, Chicago's beloved musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together legendary rock ‘n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, and throngs of excited music-lovers will rock the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park with a free concert on Tuesday, August 30 at 6:30 p.m.

The national tour of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the Tony Award®-winning new musical inspired by the electrifying true story of four rock ‘n' roll icons will open the national tour at PlayhouseSquare October 11 through October 23 as a part of the KeyBank Broadway Series

The national tour of the Tony Award® - winning musical, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, announces additional cities following the tour launch October 11 - 23, 2011 at PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland. The Broadway musical inspired by the electrifying true story of four rock ‘n' roll icons, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins will continue onto a 30 city run in the U.S from 2011 to 2012.

The cast of Broadway's Golden Oldie's musical, BABY IT'S YOU!, will perform at a fundraising event benefitting Passaic High School on Sunday August 7, at 7:30pm. Florence Greenberg's daughter, Mary Jane, first saw the four singers that her mother would make into the Shirelles at a talent show in the auditorium of Passaic High School, and in honor of that historic event the BABY IT'S YOU! cast will be performing numbers from the Broadway musical that chronicles the meteoric rise of the legendary girl group. The benefit will take place in the newly refurbished auditorium of Passaic High School (170 Paulison Avenue, Passaic, NJ) and will also feature a performance by the Passaic High School Band and a special Q&A with the cast of BABY IT'S YOU!. Tickets are $20 at the door and 100% of the proceeds will benefit a performing arts scholarship fund for a deserving Passaic High School Student.

The cast of the smash-hit Million Dollar Quartet, Chicago's beloved musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together legendary rock ‘n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, and throngs of excited music-lovers will rock the Thompson Center with a free concert on Friday, August 5 at noon.

The producers of Baby It's You! have announced the show will play its final Broadway performance Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 3pm, at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). Baby It's You will have played 33 preview and 151 regular performances.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the hit musical now playing at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) will perform live on 'Imus in the Morning' this Thursday, August 4 in the 8 AM hour. 'Imus in the Morning' can be seen on Fox Business News (Time Warner Cable Channel 43). The nationally syndicated radio simulcast can be heard locally on 770 AM WABC. Check local listings for information outside the New York metro area.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET resumed performances yesterday, July 28, at New World Stages after closing on Broadway on June 12, 2011. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET played nearly 500 performances on Broadway and won a Tony Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award, and received Tony nominations for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical, a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Musical Revue and three Drama League nominations including Distinguished Production of a Musical and two Distinguished Performance nominations. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the off-Broadway opening and brings you photo coverage below.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will resume performances tonight at its new home at New World Stages.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the smash-hit musical that will resume performances this Thursday at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street), announces that Michael Sherman of Chicago, IL has won the show's online casting contest 'Do You Have What It Takes?'

The cast of Broadway's Golden Oldie's musical, BABY IT'S YOU!, will perform at a fundraising event benefitting Passaic High School on Sunday August 7, at 7:30pm. Florence Greenberg's daughter, Mary Jane, first saw the four singers that her mother would make into the Shirelles at a talent show in the auditorium of Passaic High School, and in honor of that historic event the BABY IT'S YOU! cast will be performing numbers from the Broadway musical that chronicles the meteoric rise of the legendary girl group. The benefit will take place in the newly refurbished auditorium of Passaic High School (170 Paulison Avenue, Passaic, NJ) and will also feature a performance by the Passaic High School Band and a special Q&A with the cast of BABY IT'S YOU!. Tickets are $20 at the door and 100% of the proceeds will benefit a performing arts scholarship fund for a deserving Passaic High School Student.

BABY IT'S YOU!, Broadway's golden oldies musical, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square, and in honor of the occasion the cast of BABY IT'S YOU! will ring the Opening Bell. The event will take place at NASDAQ MarketSite- 4 Times Square (43rd & Broadway) Broadcast Studio on Friday, July 8th at 9:15 a.m.

The producers of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET are thrilled to announce that original cast members Eddie Clendening (Elvis Presley), Lance Guest (Johnny Cash), and Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins) will be joining the cast of the hit musical when it resumes performances at its new home at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) on Thursday, July 28. They will be joined by MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET alums David Abeles (Jerry Lee Lewis), Victoria Matlock (Dyanne), and James Moye (Sam Phillips).