The national tour of the Broadway musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, inspired by the electrifying true story, will make its St. Louis premiere April 22 - May 5 at The Fabulous Fox Theatre as part of the U.S. Bank Broadway Series.
Today, the Academy of Country Music is announcing the winners of awards that will not be televised during the 48 th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, due to time constraints.
Today, the Academy of Country Music is announcing the winners of awards that will not be televised during the 48 th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, due to time constraints.
Experience Broadway with the Artist Series' 2013-2014 Five-Show Broadway in Jacksonville Season, which features the Jacksonville debuts of FLASHDANCE - THE MUSICAL, BLUE MAN GROUP, WAR HORSE, MEMPHIS, and MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, plus the return engagement of the Season Special, MAMMA MIA!
Omaha Performing Arts is packing more than 100 performances with dozens of Tony and Grammy Award-winners into seven great series for its 2013/2014 season.
Broadway In Boston has announced the upcoming 2013-2014 Lexus Broadway Season which will include ten spectacular theatrical productions at the Boston Opera House, the Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre, the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre and the Charles Playhouse. 'We remain committed to ensuring that Boston continues to be the pre-eminent destination for all Broadway productions,' said Rich Jaffe, President of Broadway In Boston. 'The variety of our Season reinforces our commitment to developing a deeper sense of community and expanding the diversity of our programming and audiences.'
In recent years, many theatre purists have derided the trend of Broadway jukebox musicals, but 'Million Dollar Quartet', currently playing at the Fox Theatre, takes the best of all aspects of the genre, fusing the emotional reality of 'Jersey Boys' with the infectious joy of 'Smokey Joe's Cafe', to create a show that is part theatre and part rock and roll super concert.
Broadway In Boston has announced the upcoming 2013-2014 Lexus Broadway Season which will include ten spectacular theatrical productions at the Boston Opera House, the Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre, the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre and the Charles Playhouse. 'We remain committed to ensuring that Boston continues to be the pre-eminent destination for all Broadway productions,' said Rich Jaffe, President of Broadway In Boston. 'The variety of our Season reinforces our commitment to developing a deeper sense of community and expanding the diversity of our programming and audiences.'
Embodying 'The King of Rock and Roll,' Brandon Bennett returns to the Suncoast Showroom in 'Elvis My Way' April 20 and 21.
Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta and Hard Rock Cafe Atlanta have partnered to get fans an up close and personal look at items from the stars who inspired the award-winning Broadway musical, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET.
Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta will welcome the Tony Award Winning Broadway musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET as part of the 2012/2013 season, playing at the Fox Theatre from tonight, March 12-17, 2013.
Atlanta is about to get a dose of old time rock and roll as the Tony-winning musical 'Million Dollar Quartet' rolls into the Fabulous Fox Theatre from Tuesday, March 12th through Sunday, March 17th. The show tells the true story of one of music's most remarkable jam sessions.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced its 2013-2014 theater season. Reaching hundreds of thousands of audience members annually, the theater season features a new Kennedy Center re-imagining of Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's Side Show, in association with La Jolla Playhouse with revisions by Krieger and Russell and direction by Academy Award winning director Bill Condon; touring productions of Sister Act, Elf, Flashdance – The Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, and Disney's The Lion King; and an international theater festival highlighting renowned companies from around the world. The season will also bring the seventh season of Barbara Cook's Spotlight series, individually showcasing five Broadway performers in a cabaret setting. Committed to arts education, creation of new works, and community and national involvement, the Center also hosts the 12th annual Page-to-Stage new play festival and the 46th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
With two national tours and a local production getting underway, March will be a busy month in Des Moines.
Kreis became a Broadway star overnight with his effortless comedic timing and dazzling piano chops as Jerry Lee Lewis in the Tony nominated musical Million Dollar Quartet. The role won him a 2010 Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama League nomination.
In honor of The Man in Black's birthday, Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta is treating fans to a special offer on MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET tickets. On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, fans will be able to purchase $26 tickets for the March 12-13 performances using the code BIRTHDAY.
American Masters opens its 27th season with the story of African-American gospel singer and guitar virtuoso Sister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915-October 9, 1973).
Million Dollar Quartet, now in its fifth year in Chicago, continues performances through September 1, 2013 with cast members Brandon Bennett (Elvis Presley), Shaun Whitley (Carl Perkins), Lance Lipinsky (Jerry Lee Lewis), Chris Damiano (Johnny Cash), Tim Decker (Sam Phillips), Whitney Kraus Jones (Dyanne), Marc Edelstein (Jay Perkins/Bass player) and Dan Leali (Fluke/Drummer). 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, a newly-opened production in Las Vegas, and a national tour that kicked-off in October 2011.
Last night, February 19, 2013, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET opened at Harrah's Las Vegas to an enthusiastic, full house in the Harrah's Showroom. The smash-hit production is inspired by extraordinary true story of the fateful evening that brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together for one of the greatest rock 'n' roll jam sessions in history. BroadwayWorld has photos from the grand opening below!
A few weeks ago, after a sneak preview, I wrote that Million Dollar Quartet, 'based on its history and this 'sneak peek,' Million Dollar Quartet will be a major crowd-pleaser.' Well, it had its official opening at Harrahs in Las Vegas February 19 and, based on the performance and the crowd's reaction, it could run forever in Las Vegas.
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