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Million Dollar Quartet to Close Off-Broadway June 24

Robert Britton Lyons and Lance Guest
in Million Dollar Quartet
(© Joan Marcus)
Robert Britton Lyons and Lance Guest
in Million Dollar Quartet
(© Joan Marcus)

The musical Million Dollar Quartet will play its final Off-Broadway performance at New World Stages on Sunday, June 24.

The New York run of Million Dollar Quartet originally opened at the Nederlander Theatre on April 11, 2010 and transferred to New World Stages on July 28, 2011. Between the Broadway and Off-Broadway runs, the musical will have played 901 performances.

The show was inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley — along with Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records. It features a treasure trove of the greatest rock and roll, gospel, R&B and country hits from these musicians, including such iconic songs as “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.”

The cast currently features Eddie Clendening (Elvis Presley), Lance Guest (Johnny Cash), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins), Randy Redd (Jerry Lee Lewis), Victoria Matlock (Dyanne), and Curt Bouril (Sam Phillips).

The production is directed by Eric Schaeffer and features a book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux. The design team for the New York production includes: Derek McLane (scenic design), Howell Binkley (lighting design), Jane Greenwood (costume design), Kai Harada (sound design) and Chuck Mead (musical arrangements and supervision).

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