Million Dollar Quartet

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T01755622639 (NOELCOW11) Running time 2hrs with one 15min interval.Producer Relevant Theatricals. Producer John Cossette Productions. Producer American Pop Anthology. Producer John Gore. Producer Thomas B. McGrath. Producer James L. Nederlander. Producer Joseph Smith. Producer Michael McCabe. Director Eric Schaeffer. Design Derek McLane. Costume Jane Greenwood. Lighting Howell Binkley. Sound Kai Harada. Music Chuck Mead (musical arrangement). Performer Bill Ward (Sam Phillips). Performer Gez Gerrard (Jay Perkins/Bass). Performer Ben Goddard (Jerry Lee Lewis). Performer Derek Hagen (Johnny Cash). Performer Francesca Jackson (Dyanne). Performer Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins). Performer Michael Malarkey (Elvis Presley). Performer Adam Riley (Fluke/Drums). Performer Steven Bor (u/s Carl Perkins). Performer Justin Brett (Alternate Johnny Cash). Performer Sharon Clancy (u/s Dyanne). Performer Matthew Empson (Jerry Lee Lewis at certain performances). Performer Kevin Mains (Elvis Presley at certain performances). Performer Oliver Seymour-Marsh (Carl Perkins from Mar 28 2011).

8 Feb 11 to 14 Jan 12

Noel Coward Theatre, West End :: V380 listing details L0101726485

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Musical :: The award-winning new musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history. It is inspired by the actual event that took place on 4 December 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis and features over 20 of the greatest rock ’n’ roll, gospel, R&B and country hits ever written including: Blue Suede Shoes, I Walk The Line, Fever, Great Balls of Fire, Hound Dog, Folsom Prison Blues and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On. The legendary meeting was masterminded by Sun Records’ founder Sam Phillips, who discovered all four of the musicians, and brought Elvis Presley (and his then girlfriend) back to the recording studio that launched him to stardom. Together with Sun Records' fast-rising new superstar Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, who was still chasing his next big hit after writing and recording Blue Suede Shoes, the fourth member of this impromptu "quartet" was Phillips' latest signing, Jerry Lee Lewis. Million Dollar Quartet is a story of fame, friendship, discovery, divided loyalties, professional jealousy and incredible music as four of the music industry’s most extraordinary talents, all in their creative prime, made music together for the first and only time in their careers.

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