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Now that we have your attention… I am very excited about the new endeavor that the Orpheum and its parent organization, The Memphis Development Foundation, are undertaking: the creation of a new three story Education and Leadership Center. Last year, 63,430 young people from first grade through college took part in the Orpheum’s 19 education and leadership programs, an increase in attendance of over 10,000 from 2010. Sadly, we had to turn kids away for lack of space. It became apparent with this growth rate and the diminishing time and space available in the Theatre— something had to be done. The answer is obvious: we need to create a space for this important commitment to the community. The Board of Directors has decided to create a state of the art facility that will help prepare future generations for the challenges of life, to seize the opportunites that will make them excellent, motivated citizens and that are positive about their city. Total participation by 2017 will exceed 100,000 young people benefiting from instruction in the performing arts, marketing, communication, leadership, and citizenship, while learning decision-making skills that will open doors for a successful future. We hope that in the weeks and months ahead as more information is made available that many of you will want to be involved and support this endeavor. If you are anxious to be a part of this project – call me or talk to one of our Board members or staff. And oh— by the way, the new center will not look anything like the building above, which is the new award-winning Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pat Halloran President & CEO Memphis Development Foundation - Orpheum Theatre
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ELVIS PRESLEY, JOHNNY CASH, JERRY LEE LEWIS AND CARL PERKINS FEATURING
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Lee Ferris
Martin Kaye
Derek Keeling
Cody Slaughter
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Kelly Lamont
Billy Shaffer
Chuck Zayas
Austin Cook
Alyssa Marie
Scott Moreau
John Michael Presney
David Sonneborn
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THE COMPANY (in order of appearance) Carl Perkins................................................................................................................ LEE FERRIS Johnny Cash......................................................................................................DEREK KEELING Jerry Lee Lewis..................................................................................................... MARTIN KAYE Elvis Presley................................................................................................. CODY SLAUGHTER Jay Perkins (Bass Player)......................................................................................CHUCK ZAYAS Fluke (Drummer)................................................................................................BILLY SHAFFER Sam Phillips................................................................................CHRISTOPHER RYAN GRANT Dyanne...............................................................................................................KELLY LAMONT UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
For Jerry Lee Lewis: AUSTIN COOK; For Dyanne: ALYSSA MARIE; For Johnny Cash, Sam Phillips: SCOTT MOREAU; For Carl Perkins: JOHN MICHAEL PRESNEY; For Fluke, Jay Perkins: DAVID SONNEBORN; For Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash: BILLY WOODWARD
Time: December 4, 1956
Place: Sun Records, Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet will be performed without an intermission. Additional Arrangements by LEVI KREIS A Tuesday night shortly before Christmas 1956. Four legends — Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley — gathered at the Sun Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where they’d launched their careers. Word soon leaked out of an impromptu jam session. A newspaper man who was there wrote, “This quartet could sell a million.” Soon, they were dubbed the Million Dollar Quartet. This was their only performance, a cultural flashpoint that caught rock ‘n’ roll at the moment of creation. Sun Records owner Sam Phillips discovered and produced the Million Dollar Quartet. That’s why he, together with Presley and Lewis, were among the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame’s charter inductees. Perkins and Cash soon joined them. Unlike other producers at that time, Phillips took an active role in recording, encouraging and coaxing his young, untested artists to reach deep within themselves. He began by recording blues singers like B.B. King and Ike Turner. Later on, he was the first to sign Roy Orbison and Charlie Rich. In his rudimentary, one-room studio, Phillips looked for innovation, not imitation. The music he recorded transformed the cultural landscape of the twentieth century, and its reverberations are still felt today. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches. 16
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MUSICAL NUMBERS “Blue Suede Shoes”…….…………………….............................. ……………………………......COMPANY “Real Wild Child”…..………………………………………….............................. …......JERRY LEE LEWIS “Matchbox”….……….………………………………………….............................. …….....CARL PERKINS “Who Do You Love?”....................................................................................................... ......CARL PERKINS “Folsom Prison Blues”...………………………………………….............................. ………JOHNNY CASH “Fever”……..…………………………………………………….............................. ……..……..…DYANNE “Memories Are Made of This”………...……………………..….............................. ……...ELVIS PRESLEY “That’s All Right”…………………………………………….….............................. ..…….ELVIS PRESLEY “Brown Eyed Handsome Man”………………………………….............................. ……...….….COMPANY “Down By the Riverside”……………..………………………….............................. ……....……COMPANY “Sixteen Tons”………..………………………………………….............................. ...……..JOHNNY CASH “My Babe”………………………………………………………............................. ……….CARL PERKINS “Long Tall Sally”…………………...…………………………….............................. ……..ELVIS PRESLEY “Peace in the Valley”…………………………………..…………................................. …..ELVIS PRESLEY “I Walk The Line”…..……………………………………..……............................... ……… JOHNNY CASH “I Hear You Knocking”……………………………………..….…............................... ……….……DYANNE “Party”……………………………………………...............................……..CARL PERKINS & COMPANY “Great Balls of Fire”……………………..……..……………….............................. ……JERRY LEE LEWIS “Down by the Riverside” (Reprise)…………………………….............................. ……….....…..COMPANY “Hound Dog”………….………………………………………............................. ……...…ELVIS PRESLEY “Riders in the Sky”…………………………………………............................. ………….…JOHNNY CASH “See You Later Alligator”…..……………………………….............................. …….….….CARL PERKINS “Whole Lotta Shakin’Goin’ On”…...……………………….............................. ………..JERRY LEE LEWIS
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST AUSTIN COOK (u/s Jerry Lee Lewis). Acting credits: Putting It Together (music director, man #4), Some Enchanted Evening (music director/pianist)*Jeff Award Music Direction, A Tale of Two Cities (Dr. Manette)*Chicago premiere. Thanks to manager Matthew Sitz, friends and family for their love and support! LEE FERRIS (Carl Perkins) is making his National Touring debut as Carl Perkins in Million Dollar Quartet. Formerly of Freddy and Francine, Lee is grateful for the opportunity to pay tribute to one of the most influential musicians of the past century. leeferris.com CHRISTOPHER RYAN GRANT (Sam Phillips) Million Dollar Quartet (Broadway, National Tour). Other theatre: Rattlestick, Ars Nova, Yale Rep, Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), Two River Theatre, the O’Neill, many more. BFA: University of Evansville (’05), British American Drama Academy at Oxford, MFA: Yale School of Drama. MARTIN KAYE (Jerry Lee Lewis) has crossed the pond from England to continue working on his music. Soon to release his second album, Martin has performed around 18 22
the world, entertaining thousands with his piano and mismatched socks!! Credits: Sweet Charity, Fiddler…, A Chorus Line, Assassins. Martin-K.com DEREK KEELING (Johnny Cash) Broadway and National Tour Grease (Danny). Starring roles in: A Tale of Two Cities premiere cast as Darnay , NBC’s “GREASE-YTOTIW”, Connect/Disconnect Off-Bway (Best Leading Actor Award), Regional Premieres: Happy Days (Fonzie), All Shook Up (Chad), The Wedding Singer. www.Derek-Keeling.com KELLY LAMONT (Dyanne) is truly honored to be a part of MDQ’s 1st National Tour. Kelly has performed in theaters all over the country doing everything from Shakespeare to musical theatre. For more info: www.kellylamont.com To my beautiful mother, your presence is with me every step of this journey. ALYSSA MARIE (u/s Dyanne): Little Miss Sunshine, directed by James Lapine; Limelight, directed by Warren Carlyle (La Jolla Playhouse); Audrey, Little Shop of Horrors; Kathy Seldon, Singin’ in the Rain (Performance Riverside); Anytime Annie, 42nd Street (Fullerton CLO); west-coast premiere of The Producers (Musical
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Theatre West). Love to Mom, Dad, Crystal! SCOTT MOREAU (u/s Sam Phillips, Johnny Cash) is from Maine and received a BFA in Music Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University. He is overjoyed to become part of the MDQ family and Actor’s Equity. Thanks to mom, dad and Rachael for all of their support. www.scottmoreau.com JOHN MICHAEL PRESNEY (u/s Carl Perkins, Asst. Stage Manager) recently received his B.F.A. (Musical Theater) from the Theatre Conservatory at Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Credits include: Sweeney Todd (Anthony) and The Producers. Thanks to Stewart Talent; special love and thanks to Katie. Proud member AEA. BILLY SHAFFER (Fluke) is thrilled to be part of this production. A veteran of Chicago’s music scene and original cast member of MDQ, he sends many thanks to GMS, Evans and to family and friends for their love and support. CODY SLAUGHTER (Elvis Presley) Cody is a true Southern boy from Harrison, Arkansas. Named Elvis Presley Enterprises’ Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist of 2011, Cody makes his theater debut in a role some say he was born to play, the King of Rock N Roll. www. CodyRaySlaughter.com DAVID SONNEBORN (u/s Fluke, Jay Perkins) A Cincinnati native and a NYC musician since 1982, currently playing drums or bass in “Western Caravan”, “The San AnTones”, “Savanah Sky”, “Li’l Mo Trio”, “Dime Store Romeos”. Toured in Always, Patsy Cline. Also a broadcast audio technician (Court TV, TruTV). Love to Becky. BILLY WOODWARD (u/s Elvis Presley, u/s Johnny Cash). Broadway debut: Million Dollar Quartet. An Emmy nominted singer/ songwriter, this Maryland native has performed extensively with his band, Billy Woodward & The Senders. Billy’s music can be heard at: billywoodward.com. Love to his family, Mama, Pops & Rosie. CHUCK ZAYAS (Jay Perkins, Bass player) has been performing for more than twenty years as a bassist, singer, songwriter, session player, band leader and producer. He plays bass and is lead vocalist of his band The
Midnight Ramblers. He’s an original member of the Chicago cast. ERIC SCHAEFFER (Director) is the artistic director/co-founder of Signature Theatre, Washington DC, recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award and home to the American Musical Voices Project, the largest musical commission program in the country. Broadway: Follies, Million Dollar Quartet, Putting It Together, Glory Days. West End: The Witches of Eastwick, Million Dollar Quartet. Kennedy Center: artistic director, Sondheim Celebration, Sunday in the Park With George, Passion; Mame, Follies. COLIN ESCOTT (Co-Author). Born in England, Colin Escott lives near Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of several books, including Good Rockin’ Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the first indepth account of the Sun Records story. He is a consultant to Time Life Music. FLOYD MUTRUX (Co-Author, original concept and direction) worked Second City, Chicago; NY attended Colombia University; in LA, conceived, wrote, directed or produced 50 films: American Hot Wax (Best Picture, Director), Scarecrow (Best Picture), Urban Cowboy, Untouchables, Up in Smoke, Dick Tracy, with his wife Birgitte, preparing new film Moon Over Memphis (a rock n’ roll Field of Dreams). DEREK McLANE (Scenic Design). Anything Goes, How To Succeed..., Bengal Tiger..., Ragtime, 33 Variations, The Pajama Game, Grease, Threepenny Opera, I Am My Own Wife, The Women, Ruined, Lie of the Mind, The Voysey Inheritance, Hurlyburly, Abigail’s Party. 1997 and 2004 Obie Awards; 2004, 2005, 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards; 2011 Drama Desk Award; 2009 Tony Award. HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). Current B’way: How To Succeed (Tony nom), Memphis, Jersey Boys and Avenue Q. Five time Helen Hayes Award recipient. 1993 Olivier Award and Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of The Spider Woman. 2006 Tony, Henry Hewes Design Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Jersey Boys. Proud co-founder of and lighting designer for Parsons Dance. JANE GREENWOOD (Costume Design). Over 100 Broadway / off Broadway credits. 19
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Metropolitan Opera, Film and Dance. Awards Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement award, Theatre Hall of Fame, 15 Tony nominations, Lucille Lortel Award, Helen Hayes Award. Next project on Broadway: Rebecca. Professor Yale School of Drama. Currently represented with All’s Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare in the Park.
Broadway (Follies, Lombardi, Million Dollar Quartet, White Christmas, A Man For All Seasons), Off-Broadway (Atlantic Theater Co., Roundabout), regionally (Kennedy Center, LaJolla Playhouse, Philadelphia Theater Co.), and internationally (Ben Hur Live). Artistic Director of Good Company. goodcompanynyc.org.
KAI HARADA (Sound Design) attended Yale University before leaving to pursue a career in theatrical sound design. Associate design credits to Tony Meola include A Christmas Carol; The Sound of Music; Disney’s Der Glöckner von Notre Dame; Kiss Me, Kate; The Man of La Mancha; and Wicked. Designs include Two Cities; Under the Bridge; Barbie Live in Fairytopia; She Loves Me (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Million Dollar Quartet (Chicago, New York); Zorro (Moscow); Hinterm Horizont (Berlin); and Follies (Kennedy Center, Broadway). In his spare time, he supervises the sound for Wicked around the world.
DAVID LOBER (Production Stage Manager) Among many projects, David has been the Production Stage Manager on Wicked, The Lion King, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Aida, The Ten Commandments, Sunset Blvd, The Light in the Piazza, Caroline or Change, and Saturday Night Fever. davidlober.com
CHUCK MEAD (Musical Arrangements and Supervision).Singer/Songwriter/Producer Chuck came to prominence as co-founder and front man of the three-time Grammynominated and CMA Award-winning country band BR-549. Chuck first crafted the music arrangements for MDQ during the original Daytona and Seattle workshop productions, supervised the musical performances for its 2008 Chicago opening, and created new music material for the show’s Broadway and West End productions. TOM WATSON (Hair and Wig Design) is head of the wig and makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera and has designed wigs for more than 50 Broadway productions, including The Addams Family, How to Succeed …, and Wicked. AUGUST ERIKSMOEN (Associate Music Supervisor). Broadway: The Addams Family, Memphis, Ring of Fire, All Shook Up, Rent. Off-B’way: Romantic Poetry, Walmartopia, Imperfect Chemistry. 1st nationals: All Shook Up, The Full Monty. Other arranging/ orchestrating credits: A Christmas Story (5th Avenue, Tour), James And The Giant Peach. DAVID RUTTURA (Assistant Director) has worked as an Associate/Assistant Director on
MICHAEL KRUG (Stage Manager) has toured through over 200 cities in the last ten years. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” Thanks to my parents, family and friends for their love and support. TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/Tours: A Streetcar Named Desire, Leap of Faith, Evita, The Best Man, Newsies, Magic/Bird, Porgy and Bess, Godspell, SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark, Sister Act, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Memphis, Rock of Ages, Wicked, Bring It On, The Addams Family. Off-Broadway: Carrie (MCC), Rent, Atlantic, Signature. Film: The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Joyful Noise, Friends with Kids, Margin Call, Howl, Sex and the City 1 & 2, I Love You Phillip Morris, Rachel Getting Married, Dan in Real Life, Across the Universe. TV: “Smash,” “A Gifted Man,” “The Big C.” www.telseyandco.com ALAN WASSER & ALLAN WILLIAMS (General Managers), along with Mark Shacket and Aaron Lustbader, oversee and supervise Tony Award Productions, The Phantom of the Opera, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway, Million Dollar Quartet Off-Broadway and on tour, and Phantom in Las Vegas. Upcoming productions include Kinky Boots, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and The Nutty Professor. JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Manager) - Hillary Blanken, Guy Kwan, Ana Rose Greene, Joseph DeLuise. Founded in 1998, the company has helped create over 30 Broadway productions, over 20 national tours, and numerous Las Vegas 21
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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST productions. Highlights include: Spider-Man, Follies, How to Succeed…, Promises Promises, Memphis, Million Dollar Quartet, Gypsy, Bette Midler at Caesar’s Palace, Xanadu, Company, Grey Gardens, The Producers, All Shook Up, Blue Man Group Live at Luxor, Fosse as well as many family touring productions including Dora The Explorer, Blue’s Clues and Rugrats. TYPE A MARKETING (Press and Marketing) is an independent, full-service marketing company specializing in Broadway and national tours. New York: Evita, How to Succeed…, Million Dollar Quartet, Phantom, Tours: The Addams Family, American Idiot, Anything Goes, The Book of Mormon, Flashdance The Musical, Million Dollar Quartet. www.typeamktg.com RELEVANT THEATRICALS (Producer), headed by Gigi Pritzker and Ted Rawlins, develops and produces new work for the stage. Current projects include: Snapshots, a new musical with book by David Stern and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; The Great Gatsby, on course to open in London next year; and a new musical version of Dennis The Menace. JOHN COSSETTE PRODUCTIONS (Producer) was founded by John Cossette whose 30 year career in the music industry as an innovative producer of large scale events was legendary. John produced the Grammy’s, the BET awards, the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and a star studded concert in Central Park. He was deeply involved with MusiCares and the EJ Jackson Foundation which helps to feed the homeless in Los Angeles. Under the direction of Rita Cossette the company will continue to develop and produce music related entertainment.
BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA (Producer), part of the Key Brand Entertainment family of companies which includes Broadway.com, is owned and operated by British theatre producer John Gore (CEO) and entertainment industry veteran Thomas B. McGrath (Chairman). Broadway Across America presents firstclass touring musicals and plays across 40 North American cities. Broadway.com is the premier theatre website for news, exclusive content and ticket sales. Under the supervision of Beth Williams (CEO – Theater Division), Broadway Across America is also dedicated to the development and production of new and diverse theatre. Current and upcoming productions include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Nick Jonas and Beau Bridges, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Godspell, Memphis, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and the New York and US Tour productions of Million Dollar Quartet. For more information, please visit BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com and Broadway.com. JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer). President of Nederlander Organization, son of James M. Nederlander (Chairman), third generation of a family known for owning and operating theatres around the world as well as theatrical productions and popular musical attractions. Currently represented on Broadway with Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, and David Blaine’s upcoming show.
AMERICAN POP ANTHOLOGY (Producers: Floyd & Birgitte Mutrux). An anthology series of Rock n’ Roll Bios about the people ‘who made the music that changed the culture of our country’. Floyd, along with Colin Escott and Birgitte (choreographer MDQ in Florida), have worked together on the Tony nominated Baby It’s You, workshopping Lonesome Town (with John Kaye) and preparing Boy From NYC for the 2012 season.
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STAFF FOR MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET GENERAL MANAGEMENT ALAN WASSER ASSOCIATES Alan Wasser Allan Williams Aaron Lustbader Mark Shacket Lane Marsh Mark Barna
COMPANY MANAGER MATTHEW SHERR
TOUR PRESS AND MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE TYPE A MARKETING Anne Rippey DJ Martin John McCoy Allison Morrow Robin Steinthal
TOUR DIRECTION THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair Kara Gebhart www.thebookinggroup.com
CASTING
Telsey + Company: Bernie Telsey CSA, Will Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Abbie Brady-Dalton CSA, David Morris, Cesar A. Rocha, Andrew Femenella, Karyn Casl, Kristina Bramhall, Jessie Malone
Wardrobe Supervisor……............…..……………….Susan Malone Production Assistant........................................... Samantha Preiss Drums provided by………………..............……...GMS Drum Co. Drum Heads provided by.............................D’Addario & Company Makeup by.......................................................... M•A•C Cosmetics Legal Counsel.................................. Levine Plotkin & Menin, LLP/ Loren H. Plotkin, Cris Criswell Loeb & Loeb LLP/ Douglas Mirell Accountant................................. Rosenberg, Neuwirth & Kuchner, CPAs/Christopher Cacace, Marina Flom, Kirill Baytalskiy Advertising & Interactive Marketing... The Marketing Division/ Bob Bucci, Gordon Kelly, David Spry, Emma Meyer, Allison Parman Payroll Services…….............. …………..Castellana Services, Inc. Production Photographer.............. ……………………Joan Marcus General Management Office…... …………Hilary Ackerman, Kaitlin Boland, Jake Hirzel, Nina Lutwick, Jennifer O’Connor Banking................................Signature Bank, Barbara Von Borstel Margaret Monigan, Mary Ann Fanelli Insurance.................. DeWitt Stern Group, Inc./ Peter Shoemaker, Cathy Dumancela Theatre Displays.......................................................King Displays Merchandising............. Creative Goods Merchandise/ Pete Milano
SPECIAL THANKS John R. Cash Revocable Trust. Johnny Cash is a registered trademark of John R. Cash Revocable Trust. Image and likeness of Johnny Cash used with permission. Jerry Lee Lewis ™, The Killer ™ and the image and likeness of Jerry Lee Lewis are used with permission. Courtesy Pont Neuf, Inc.
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JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS Hillary Blanken Ana Rose Greene Guy Kwan Joseph DeLuise
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“Blue Suede Shoes” (Carl Perkins), ©MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Wren Music Co. o/b/o Carl Perkins Music Inc. “Real Wild Child” (John Greenan, John O’Keefe, David Owens), ©MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Wren Music Co. “Matchbox” (Carl Perkins), ©MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Wren Music Co. o/b/o Carl Perkins Music Inc. “Who Do You Love?” (Ellas McDaniel), ©ARC Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Folsom Prison Blues”written by John R. Cash. Published by House of Cash, Inc. Administered by Bug Music Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Fever” (John Davenport, Eddie Cooley), ©1955 Bug Music-Trio Music Company (BMI) Fort Knox Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Memories Are Made of This” (Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson, Frank Miller), ©EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. “That’s All Right” (Arthur Crudup), ©1947 (renewed). Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) and Crudup Music (BMI). All rights administered by Unichappell Music Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” (Chuck Berry), ©Arc Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Down by the Riverside” (Traditional; arranged by Chuck Mead), ©Zoilink Music. All rights administered by Coburn Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Sixteen Tons” (Merle Travis), ©Merle’s Girls Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “My Babe” (Willie Dixon), ©Bug Music, Inc. o/b/o Hoochie Coochie Music (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Long Tall Sally” (Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman), ©Sony/ATV
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Production Stage Manager..........................................David Lober Stage Manager…………….................……………….Michael Krug Assistant Stage Manager............................John Michael Presney Associate Company Manager…….................………..Maia Sutton Assistant Company Manager .....................................Jillian Zeman Associate Set Designer………...............…………..Shoko Kambara Associate Costume Designer…............…...………..Moria Clinton Associate Lighting Designer……................…………Ryan O’Gara Assistant Lighting Designers…………...............…..Michael Doran, Michael Rummage Assistant Sound Designer……….................………..Jana Hoglund Production Carpenter………..............…….....………..Scott Poitras Head Carpenter……………….............….…....……Daniel Krohne Assistant Carpenter………….........……………....…Jason McGrath Advance Carpenter .............................................Henry Talarowski Production Electrician……..........………..………......Randy Zaibek Moving Light Programmer………...........……….......….Eric Norris Head Electrician ..........................………….Domenica Boscardin Assistant Electrician…….................................................Ben Eells Advance Electrician………............………….....…….....Rob Virzera Production Properties………………………….......Matthew Hodges Head Properties………………....……………….......Andrew Iverson Production Sound Engineers…….....Patrick Pummill, John Kauble Head Sound Engineer……………......……………....Brian Kallaher Assistant Sound Engineer…………......………….....Phillip Mather
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Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “(There Will Be) Peace in the Valley for Me” (Thomas A. Dorsey), ©(renewed) 1939 Warner- Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission. “I Walk the Line” written by John R. Cash. Published by House of Cash, Inc. Administered by Bug Music Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “I Hear You Knocking” (Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King), ©EMI Unart Catalog Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Party” (Jessie Mae Robinson), ©MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Great Balls of Fire” (Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer), ©1957 (renewed), Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI), Mijac Music (BMI), Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP) and Mystical Light Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved on behalf of itself and Mijac Music, administered by Unichappell Music Inc. All rights reserved on behalf of itself and Mystical Light Music, administered by Chappell & Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Hound Dog” (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller). Published by Sony/ATV Songs LLC. Copyright 1953 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 8 Music Square West, Nashville TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Riders in the Sky” (Stan Jones), ©MPL Music Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Edwin H. Morris & Company. “See You Later Alligator” (Robert Guidry), © ]Arc Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (Curly Williams), ©1997 N’Mani Entertainment Co. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission. To learn more about the production, please visit www.MillionDollarQuartetLive.com Find us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter @MillionDQuartet
Backstage and front of house employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.)
“The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.”
The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the I.A.T.S.E. represents the Designers & Scenic Artists for the American Theatre.
This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.
THE ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE MEMBERS OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
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2012 Donors and Program Sponsors 2011-2012 Broadway Season Sponsor Harrah’s Tunica
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