Thanks a Million

The cast and creative team of the new musical Million Dollar Quartet celebrated their Broadway opening on Sunday, April 11 at the Nederlander Theatre. On the top row are director Eric Schaeffer, bass player Corey Kaiser, Robert Britton Lyons who plays Carl Perkins, Lance Guest who plays Johnny Cash, Elizabeth Stanley who plays Dyanne, Eddie Clendening who plays Elvis, and musical arranger Chuck Mead. On the bottom row are Hunter Foster, who plays Sam Phillips, Levi Kreis who portrays Jerry Lee Lewis, and onstage drunmer Larry Lelli.

Late Show with David Letterman band leader Paul Shaffer was among the guests at the April 11 opening night of the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Stark Sands, who is currently starring in the Broadway musical American Idiot, was among the guests at the April 11 opening night of the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Jennifer Laura Thompson and Mary Catherine Garrison, who are currently co-starring in the Broadway revival of Lend Me a Tenor, attended the April 11 opening night of the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Emmy Award winner Leslie Jordan, who will star in the upcoming solo show My Trip Down the Pink Carpet, attended the April 11 opening night of the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Musician Stan Perkins, whose father Carl Perkins is a central character in the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet, attended the April 11 opening night of the show at the Nederlander Theatre.

WS Fluke Holland, who played drums with the late Johnny Cash, and wife Joyce attended the April 11 opening night of Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Legendary disc jockey Bruce Morrow attended the April 11 opening night of Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Broadway veteran Jen Cody, the wife of Million Dollar Quartet star Hunter Foster, attended that musical’s April 11 opening night at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre.

Singer/songwriter and theater veteran Nona Hendryx attended the April 11 opening night of the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Marc Kudisch, now starring in the Kennedy Center’s production of Golden Age and who will co-star in Ricky Ian Gordon’s world premiere musical Sycamore Trees at Arlington, Virginia’s Signature Theatre, was among the attendees at the April 11 opening night of the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris, who is about to appear in a workshop production of the new musical Futurity, was among the attendees at the April 11 opening night of the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Broadway star Rebecca Luker and husband Danny Burstein, who is currently appearing in Broadway’s South Pacific, were among the attendees at the April 11 opening night of the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Tamara Tunie, who stars in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, was among the attendees at the April 11 opening night of the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.

Journalist and television host Bill Kurtis attended the April 11 opening night of the new Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet at the Nederlander Theatre.