Music Legends Make for a Thrilling Broadway-Bound Musical

What do you call the partnership of Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley? If you guessed the “Million Dollar Quartet,” you’re right! The hit musical Million Dollar Quartet, inspired by a 1956 recording session in Memphis featuring these four iconic musicians, has been a smash success in Chicago since its opening in October of 2008, and now the production is headed for Broadway, set for a New York debut in the spring of 2010.

Written by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux, Million Dollar Quartet is an electrifying musical with a million dollar score, featuring rock ‘n’ roll gems ranging from classics like “Blue Suede Shoes” and “Great Balls of Fire” to “I Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and many, many more. No opening date or casting have been announced so far for Million Dollar Quartet, but this Broadway-bound musical, set to be produced by Relevant Theatricals, is already one of the hottest tickets for 2010 and will continue to be such as casting is revealed for the show over the next several months. Will Million Dollar Quartet be able to outshine current music-backed production like the Four Seasons’ Jersey Boys and ’80s rock’s Rock of Ages? Stay tuned to find out!

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Posted in General on September 4, 2009

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