Broadway’s hit musical, Million Dollar Quartet, announced that that Darlene Love will join the cast for a special performance during the finale of the Thursday evening, December 9 performance at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street).
The Tony nominated Best musical features Eddie Clendening (Elvis Presley), Lance Guest (Johnny Cash), Tony Award® winner Levi Kreis (Jerry Lee Lewis), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins), Tony Award® nominee Hunter Foster (Little Shop of Horrors, Urinetown) and Elizabeth Stanley (Cry-Baby).
Love has been hailed as one of the greatest singers in pop music. Her first number one recording was “He’s A Rebel.” She worked with legendary producer Phil Spector on such songs as “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “He’s Sure The Boy I’m Gonna Marry,” and “Christmas Baby Please Come Home.” Love was recently nominated for the third time to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Tony nominated Best musical features Eddie Clendening (Elvis Presley), Lance Guest (Johnny Cash), Tony Award® winner Levi Kreis (Jerry Lee Lewis), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins), Tony Award® nominee Hunter Foster (Little Shop of Horrors, Urinetown) and Elizabeth Stanley (Cry-Baby).
Love has been hailed as one of the greatest singers in pop music. Her first number one recording was “He’s A Rebel.” She worked with legendary producer Phil Spector on such songs as “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “He’s Sure The Boy I’m Gonna Marry,” and “Christmas Baby Please Come Home.” Love was recently nominated for the third time to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
“Million Dollar Quartet” is the name given to recordings made on Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an impromptu jam session among Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash. It was arguably the first supergroup.
Written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott, the musical 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. The show was transferred and is currently playing at Chicago’s Apollo Theater where it opened on October 31, 2008.
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.
The Broadway musical, Million Dollar Quartet, is topping the Google trends with word that the hit musical will have an encore performance featuring Darlene Love on Thursday, December 9. The finale will be at the Nederlander Theatre located at 208 West 41st Street in New York City.
In addition to Darlene Love, the cast of Broadway's Million Dollar Quartet features Eddie Clendening,Lance Guest, Levi Kreis, Robert Britton Lyons, Hunter Foster, and Elizabeth Stanley. town) andElizabeth Stanley (Cry-Baby).
Million Dollar Quartet is a musical not to be missed if you are fans of some of the greatest rock and roll, gospel, R&B and country hits ever recorded. The musical features songs such as "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," "Sixteen Tons," "Who Do You Love?," "Great Balls of Fire," "Riders in the Sky," "I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues," and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On."
Follow Million Dollar Quartet news on Twitter @milliondquartet.
If you're headed to New York City, you can order tickets for the encore performance of Million Dollar Quartet at TicketMaster.com or by calling: 877-250-2929, or by visiting the Nederlander Box Office (208 West 41st Street).
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