Memphis (musical)

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Memphis is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical set in the 1950s that explores the birth of rock and roll and the racial tensions surrounding a white DJ who champions Black music.

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Memphis (musical) canonical 2
Memphis (Broadway musical) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
awardReceived Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
Tony Award for Best Original Score
basedOn inspired by the life of Dewey Phillips
bookBy Joe DiPietro
BroadwayOpeningDate October 19, 2009
castRecordingLabel Rhino Records
characterRole Felicia Farrell is an African-American singer
Huey Calhoun is a white DJ who champions Black music
choreographer Sergio Trujillo
composer David Bryan
director Christopher Ashley
filmedProduction filmed live at the Shubert Theatre
filmedProductionRelease released in cinemas and on home video
follows Felicia Farrell
Huey Calhoun
genre musical theatre
rock and roll musical
hasRecording original Broadway cast recording of Memphis
language English
lyricist David Bryan
Joe DiPietro
mainSubject birth of rock and roll
interracial romance
racial segregation in the United States
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Choreography
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
openedOnBroadwayAt Shubert Theatre
orchestrator Daryl Waters
originalBroadwayCastMember Cass Morgan
Chad Kimball
Derrick Baskin
J. Bernard Calloway
James Monroe Iglehart
Michael McGrath
Montego Glover
premiereDate 2003
premiereLocation North Shore Music Theatre
previewsBeginDate September 23, 2009
producer Junkyard Dog Productions
regionalProduction La Jolla Playhouse
regionalProductionDate 2008
settingPlace Memphis, Tennessee
linked to: Memphis
settingTime 1950s
theme cost of fame
power of music to bridge racial divides
social change in the American South

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David Bryan notableWork Memphis (musical)
David Bryan wroteMusicFor Memphis (musical)
Paul Tazewell notableWork Memphis (Broadway musical)
linked to: Memphis (musical)