In the video below, JustinPatterson, Jamison Scott, and Kevin Massey, from the cast of Broadway's MEMPHIS, sing the holiday classic: 'I'll Be Home for Christmas.' Click below to check it out!
Hockadoo! The 2010 Tony winning Best Musical MEMPHIS announced today that Broadway veteran Christopher Jackson (In the Heights, The Lion King) will join the cast of MEMPHIS as "Delray." Jackson is scheduled to begin performances on Tuesday, January 24th. Current "Delray" J. Bernard Calloway will play his final performance on Sunday, January 22nd, before taking a leave of absence to appear in Two River Theater Company's production of August Wilson's Jitney. Calloway is expected to return to MEMPHIS February 28th.
The 2010 Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS previously announced that original Broadway cast member, and Outer Critics Circle Nominee, Cass Morgan will return to the company as "Mama." Morgan will begin performances tonight, December 15th. Nancy Opel played her final performance on Sunday, December 11th, before taking a leave of absence to appear in David Bryan and Joe DiPietro's The Toxic Avenger at The Alley Theater in Houston, TX. Opel is expected to return to her role in MEMPHIS in February, 2012.
Broadway's Memphis will begin a new performance schedule starting January 3, 2012, which will include 7pm performances Tuesday through Thursday. Friday and Saturday evening performances will take place at 8pm, with Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm.
MEMPHIS posted a contest on their Facebook fan page for fans to write a 'Jingle Bells' parody in the MEMPHIS style and post it on the MEMPHIS Facebook wall. To win, they had to acquire the most 'likes' on their lyrics.
Yesterday, December 7, Tony nominees Montego Glover and Adam Pascal, along with their MEMPHIS co-stars, brought Broadway to B. Smith's Restaurant to introduce a MEMPHIS-inspired specialty cocktail with B. Smith herself! BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below!
The 2010 Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS announced today that original Broadway cast member, and Outer Critics Circle Nominee, Cass Morgan will return to the company as "Mama."
Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast and creative team for the "hysterically funny" (New York Post) new musical The Toxic Avenger.
Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announced the cast and creative team for their production of The Toxic Avenger. In a new production, which features several new songs and revised book by the Tony Award-winning creative team of Memphis, Bon Jovi founding member and keyboardist David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, Tony-nominated Constantine Maroulis takes center stage as the righteous superhero in the title role. John Rando (Tony Winner for Urinetown) returns to the Alley to reinvent his hilarious 2009 Off-Broadway staging of The Toxic Avenger following his smashing Alley productions of The Man Who Came to Dinner, Mrs. Mannerly and Be My Baby.
MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, and the show that's currently blowing the roof off Broadway, opened to rave reviews and is coming to the Academy of Music on Jan. 17 - 23 for a limited engagement as part of the Broadway Season, presented by The Kimmel Center and The Shubert Organization.
MEMPHIS takes place in the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated 50's, where a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun (Adam Pascal) fell in love with everything he shouldn't: rock and roll and an electrifying black singer (Montego Glover). MEMPHIS is an original story about the cultural revolution that erupted when his vision met her voice, and the music changed forever.
Adam Pascal and the cast of Broadway's 2010 Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS will perform 'Radio' on THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE ON CBS, Thursday, November 24th. The parade is a Thanksgiving Day tradition that will broadcast on the CBS Television Network 9am-Noon, live ET; 8-11am, live CT; 7-10am, live MT; 9am-Noon, delayed PT.
MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, and the show that's currently blowing the roof off Broadway, opened to rave reviews and is coming to the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines on Tuesday, April 24 to Sunday, April 24 for eight performances only as part of the Willis Broadway Series.
Adam Pascal and the cast of Broadway's 2010 Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS will perform 'Radio' on THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE ON CBS, Thursday, November 24th. The parade is a Thanksgiving Day tradition that will broadcast on the CBS Television Network 9am-Noon, live ET; 8-11am, live CT; 7-10am, live MT; 9am-Noon, delayed PT.
MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, and the show that's currently blowing the roof off Broadway, opens at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, November 15, for a limited engagement!
MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, and the show that's currently blowing the roof off Broadway, opened to rave reviews and is coming to Heinz Hall from December 27, 2011 to January 1, 2012.
The national touring production of MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, kicked off on October 16, 2011 at the Orpheum Theatre in - where else - Memphis, TN, where it played through October 23. The company is now in Houston, where is plays through the weekend, and will next head to Tulsa from November 1 through November 6). Production shots have just been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below!
Hugh Jackman wasn't the only Broadway star back on stage last night as fans have been clammoring for. The 2010 Tony winning Best Musical MEMPHIS welcomed Tony Nominee Adam Pascal as 'Huey Calhoun,' beginning performances on Tuesday, October 25th. Check out the star's first curtain call below!
Happy Birthday Hockadoo! The 2010 Tony winning Best Musical MEMPHIS welcomed Tony Nominee Adam Pascal as 'Huey Calhoun,' beginning performances on Tuesday, October 25th and the show celebrated Pascal's joining the show AND the actor's birthday backstage (with a little help from Crumbs Bake Shop). We were there to join in the tasty fun!