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Melissa Etheridge to Guest Star in Broadway’s Million Dollar Quartet June 23

Academy Award winner and two-time Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge will make her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated musical Million Dollar Quartet, at the Nederlander Theatre, for one night only, June 23.

Etheridge will join the cast for a special performance during the musical’s finale, which will feature a new song, not already in the show, that will be pulled from the canon of rock and roll’s iconic songs.

The singer/songwriter’s latest album Fearless Love was recently released on Island Records. Her numerous hits include “Bring Me Some Water,” “Like The Way I Do,” and “Ain’t It Heavy.” In addition to her appearance on the stage of the Nederlander Theatre, Etheridge will be performing a full length concert in New York on Wednesday, July 14 at The United Palace Theatre.

Million Dollar Quartet was inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together four of the most legendary figures in the history of rock ‘n’ roll — Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley — along with Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records.

The cast features Eddie Clendening (Elvis Presley), Lance Guest (Johnny Cash), Levi Kreis (Jerry Lee Lewis), Robert Britton Lyons (Carl Perkins), Hunter Foster and Elizabeth Stanley.

For more information, visit www.MillionDollarQuartetLive.com or www.MelissaEtheridge.com.