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The stage musical Million Dollar Quartet, written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott, dramatizes the Million Dollar Quartet session. It premiered at Florida's Seaside Music Theatre and was staged at the Village Theatre in the Seattle area, breaking box office records. The musical opened for a limited run at Chicago's Goodman Theatre on September 27, 2008.[1] Mutrux co-directed the Chicago production with Eric Schaeffer, of Virginia's Signature Theatre. The show was transferred and is currently playing at Chicago's Apollo Theater where it opened on October 31, 2008.[2]
In early November 2009, it was announced that this production would transfer to the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway in 2010.[3] The Broadway production opened on 11 April 2010, with a cast featuring Eddie Clendening as Elvis Presley, Lance Guest as Johnny Cash, Levi Kreis as Jerry Lee Lewis, Rob Lyons as Carl Perkins and Hunter Foster as Sam Phillips.[4] The Broadway cast also included Elizabeth Stanley as "Dyanne,"[5] 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.[6]
The musical was nominated for three 2010 Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, andBest Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Levi Kreis.[7]The musical won one of the three Tony awards for which it was nominated, Levi Kreis winning the award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis.
The "Million Dollar Quartet" original Broadway cast recording was released in 2010.[8]
It has recently been announced that Million Dollar Quartet: The Musical will be transferring to the West End in early 2011.
References
- ^ Theatremania, 5 June 2008
- ^ Official website for the musical
- ^ Dollar Quartet Will Be New Tenant of Broadway's Nederlander Theatre
- ^ Fick, David."MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Opens Tonight" Musical Cyberspace, April 11, 2010
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Foster and Stanley Will Join Original Chicago Quartet for Broadway's Million Dollar Quartet". Playbill.com. Posted: January 21, 2010.[1]
- ^ MDQ Merchandising LLC (2010). “Song List” and “Performing Credits”. In Million Dollar Quartet (p. 5) [CD booklet]. New York City: Avatar Studios; and Chicago: Chicago Recording Company.
- ^ "Who's Nominated?". Tony Awards. IBM Corp. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- ^ MDQ Merchandising LLC (2010). [CD]. New York City: Avatar Studios; and Chicago: Chicago Recording Company.