When:
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM CT
Where: Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Ethel M. Barber Theater, 1949 Campus Drive; 10-30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Public
Cost: general public $20; NU faculty/staff (phone/in-person only) $16; full-time students (must present ID) $10
Contact:
Joel Solari
(847) 467-2426
Group: Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts
Category: Fine Arts
Book by Joe DiPietro
Music & Lyrics by David Bryan
Directed for the stage by Christopher Ashley
Captured live-in-performance at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre
Directed for Broadway Worldwide by Don Roy King
MEMPHIS takes place in the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated 50’s, where a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun (Chad Kimball) fell in love with everything he shouldn’t: rock and roll and an electrifying black singer (Montego Glover). The winter of four Tony Awards, MEMPHIS is an original story about the cultural revolution that erupted when his vision met her voice, and the music changed forever. Bursting off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love, this incredible journey is filled with laughter, soaring emotion and roof-raising rock 'n' roll.