The Million Dollar Quartet
From Theatre Breaks
The Broadway musical Million Dollar comes to London in February 2011. Currently playing on Broadway, New York and in Chicago USA Million Dollar Quartet is heading for London’s West End in 2011 at the Noel Coward Theatre.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is a story of fame, friendship, discovery, divided loyalties, professional jealousy and incredible music as four of the music industry's most extraordinary talents, all in their creative prime, made music together for the first and only time in their careers.
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London Theatre Breaks to see The Million Dollar Quartet
| musical: The Million Dollar Quartet | 
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| starring: Bill Ward | |
| Book Now: The Million Dollar Quartet theatre breaks | |
| opening night:22 February 2011 booking until 14th January 2012 |
London Cast Announced
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the new West End musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history, will star Ben Goddard (Jerry Lee Lewis), Derek Hagen (Johnny Cash), Francesca Jackson (Dyanne), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins) and Michael Malarkey (Elvis Presley), joining the previously announced Bill Ward (Sam Phillips).
The full cast is confirmed as: Steven Bor, Justin Brett (Alternate Johnny Cash), Sharon Clancy, Matthew Empson (Jerry Lee Lewis at certain performances), Gez Gerrard (Jay Perkins), Ben Goddard (Jerry Lee Lewis), Derek Hagen (Johnny Cash), Francesca Jackson (Dyanne), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins), Kevin Mains (Elvis Presley at certain performances), Michael Malarkey (Elvis Presley), Adam Riley (Fluke), Oliver Seymour-Marsh (Carl Perkins at certain performances) and Bill Ward (Sam Phillips).
Auditions for Million Dollar Quartet
Open auditions will be held in London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol and Dublin to find a set of actor/singer/musicians to play the roles of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis in a planned West End edition of the Tony-nominated Broadway show Million Dollar Quartet. The production is due to open in London in 2011.
Million Dollar Quartet will begin performances at London's Noël Coward Theatre Feb. 8th 2011, with an official opening scheduled for February 28th 2011.
About The Million Dollar Quartet
It is a rock musical based on an impromptu jam session at Sun Records studio on 4th December 1956.
Carl Perkins, already a star after his rendition of Blue Suede Shoes became a hit turned up at the studio with his brothers Clayton and Jay and their drummer to work on some new material. The owner of Sun Records Sam Phillips decided to bring in a virtually unknown singer/pianist called Jerry Lee Lewis to play at the Perkins' session.
A former Sun artist Elvis Presley had moved to RCA but soon after the session started he happened to pop in to see everyone. He listened to a playback of Perkins' recording and liked it so he went into the studio to join them. Later another Sun artist Johnny Cash popped in and decided to go into the studio as well. Phillips phoned the local paper the Memphis Press Scimitar and told them the story and they published a piece about the jam session the next day with the heading "The Million Dollar Quartet," So the musical tells the story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions in music history.
The show features many of the best rock songs including Blue Suede Shoes, Sixteen Tons, Great Balls of Fire, Walk the Line and more such as Fever, That's All Right, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, Who Do You Love? And Hound Dog.
