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)