Million Dollar Quartet Tickets : The Musical Transfered To New World Stages In July 2011

Million Dollar Quartet is a jukebox musical written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott

. It dramatizes the Million Dollar Quartet recording session of December 4, 1956, among early Rock and roll stars Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, and newcomer Jerry Lee Lewis.

The musical opened on Broadway in 2010, after several tryouts and regional productions, and spawned a 2011 West End production.The musical premiered at Florida's Seaside Music Theatre in 2006 and was then staged at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, Washington in September through October 2007, and Everett, Washington, in January 2008,breaking box office records.

The musical had a limited run at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, opening on September 27, 2008.Mutrux co-directed the Chicago production with Eric D. Schaeffer, Artistic Director of Virginia's Signature Theatre. The show transferred to Chicago's Apollo Theater where it opened on October 31, 2008,and is still running.The Broadway production premiered at the Nederlander Theatre on April 11, 2010, with a cast featuring Eddie Clendening as Elvis Presley, Lance Guest as Johnny Cash, Levi Kreis as Jerry Lee Lewis, Robert Britton Lyons as Carl Perkins and Hunter Foster as Sam Phillips.

The Broadway cast also included Elizabeth Stanley as "Dyanne", who in the show accompanies Elvis Presley to the Sun Records studio and sings "Fever" and "I Hear You Knocking," as well as provides back-up vocals. Again directed by Eric Schaeffer, the scenic design is by Derek McLane, costume design is by Jane Greenwood, and lighting design by Howell Binkley.The musical was nominated for three 2010 Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Levi Kreis.Kreis won the award for Best Featured Actor for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis.

The original cast recording was released in 2010.The musical closed on June 12, 2011 after having played 489 performances and 34 previews. The production opened Off-Broadway at the New World Stages in July 2011.The musical transfered to New World Stages in July 2011. The show had struggled at the box office in final months of the Broadway production, taking in $242,786 out of a potential $1,109,700 and playing to 36.76% of capacity for the week ending June 5, 2011.

The cast for Million Dollar Quartet at New World Stages features David Abeles (Jerry Lee Lewis), Eddie Clendening (Elvis Presley), Lance Guest (Johnny Cash), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins), Victoria Matlock (Dyanne), and James Moye (Sam Phillips).A United States national tour of the musical began in October 2011 at the Palace Theater at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio.

The tour cast features Derek Keeling as Johnny Cash, Cody Slaughter as Elvis Presley, Martin Kaye as Jerry Lee Lewis, Lee Ferris as Carl Perkins, Christopher Ryan Grant as Sam Phillips, and Kelly Lamont as Dyanne. The national tour will hit Appleton Fox Cities, Portland, Miami, Houston, Indianapolis, Memphis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Tempe, Salt Lake City, Seattle, San Jose, and many more.

by: Amanda Harrison

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