Memphis

Memphis

165 mins | Music | April 28, 2011

Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole' local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey's close-minded mama and Felicia's cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. As their careers rise, the relationship is challenged by personal ambition and the pressures of an outside world unable to accept their love. Originally shown in select theatres, then broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 39, episode 11).

Memphis

165 mins | Music | April 28, 2011

Memphis
Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole' local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey's close-minded mama and Felicia's cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. As their careers rise, the relationship is challenged by personal ambition and the pressures of an outside world unable to accept their love. Originally shown in select theatres, then broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 39, episode 11).
Producers Broadway Worldwide
Original title Memphis
Directors Christopher Ashley, Don Roy King
Writers Joe DiPietro, David Bryan

Cast

Chad Kimball

as Huey Calhoun

Montego Glover

as Felicia Farrell

Derrick Baskin

as Gator

J. Bernard Calloway

as Delray Jones

Michael McGrath

as Mr. Simmons

Cass Morgan

as Gladys Calhoun

Jennifer Allen

as Clara/White Mother/Ensemble

Brad Bass

as Perry Como/Frank Dryer/Ensemble

Tracee Beazer

as Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble

Tanya Birl

as Ethel/Ensemble

Kevin Covert

as Buck Wiley/Martin Holton/Ensemble

Preston W. Dugger III

as Be Black Trio/Ensemble

Hillary Elk

as Teenager/Ensemble

Bryan Fenkart

as Ensemble

Dionne Figgins

as Someday Backup Singer/Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble

Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines

as Ensemble

Rhett George

as Black DJ/Be Black Trio/Ensemble

Todrick Hall

as Ensemble

Robert Hartwell

as Wailin' Joe/Reverend Hobson/Ensemble

John Jellison

as White DJ/Mr. Collins /White Father/Gordon Grant/Ensemble

Bryan Langlitz

as Ensemble

Kyle Leland

as Be Black Trio/Ensemble

Paul McGill

as Ensemble

Andy Mills

as Ensemble

Betsy Struxness

as Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble

Dan'Yelle Williamson

as Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble