Memphis

Apr 28, 2011

2h 45m

★ 8.3

Overview

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).

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Broadway Worldwide

Memphis Trailers

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Cast

Huey Calhoun

Chad Kimball

Felicia Farrell

Montego Glover

Gator

Derrick Baskin

Delray Jones

J. Bernard Calloway

Bobby

James Monroe Iglehart

Mr. Simmons

Michael McGrath

Gladys Calhoun

Cass Morgan

Clara/White Mother/Ensemble

Jennifer Allen

Perry Como/Frank Dryer/Ensemble

Brad Bass

Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble

Tracee Beazer

Ethel/Ensemble

Tanya Birl

Buck Wiley/Martin Holton/Ensemble

Kevin Covert

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