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"Million Dollar Quartet" Rocks Broadway With Legends

By Emily Moore, Broadway Magazine

On December 4, 1956, four up-and-coming musicians gather at Sun Records in Memphis to unexpectedly make history with rock's greatest jam session. The Nederland Theatre's "Million Dollar Quartet" brings this epic day of rock and roll to the stage. Elvis thrusts and shakes as Johnny Cash bashfully strums the guitar and Jerry Lee Lewis unashamedly bashes on the piano after Carl Perkins kills a guitar solo. Here, in front of a 21st century New York audience, four of history's greatest rock legends jam. And do they ever jam. The performers of "Million Dollar Quartet" act and look not only scarily similar to these rock and roll greats, but they sing and play [...] read more »

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Million Dollar Quartet

Show Synopsis

On December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together. The place was Sun Records' storefront studio in Memphis.
The man who made it happen was Sam Phillips, the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll," who discovered them all. The four legends-to-be united for the only time in their careers for an impromptu recording that has come to be known as one of the greatest rock jam sessions of all time. The new musical Million Dollar Quartet features a treasure trove of the greatest rock 'n' roll, gospel, R&B and country hits from these music legends, including "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."