THEATER EVENTS IN APRIL (cont.)
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET IS PRICELESS! by tony reverditto
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is the smash-hit musical inspired by the famed recording session of rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. A Chicago production of Million Dollar Quartet opened in 2008 and is still playing to packed houses at the Apollo Theatre. When the Broadway production opened in April 2010, critics and audiences leapt to their feet in unanimous praise and the musical continues its successful New York engagement at New World Stages. Now, the national tour makes a stop at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts for its Orange County premiere.
The production received the Tony Award for
LA BOHEME A moving opera revolving around two
downtrodden Bohemians living in 1830s Paris; poet, Rodolfo and painter, Marcello, who are freezing their tushes off in a cold attic and having a penniless and hungry Christmas Eve. All is bleak until friends show up with money and an invitation to the Latin Quarter for food and excitement. Rodolfo stays behind to finish his writing and is interrupted by his next door neighbor Lucia, known as Mimi, a seamstress looking for someone to relight her candles. They are instantly attracted to one another and they eventually catch up with the group. In the meantime, Marcello has gotten re-acquainted with his flirtatious ex-girlfriend Musetta, who dumps her sugar daddy after getting him to pay the entire night’s bill. For Mimi and Rodolfo, things are not so good, she has tuberculosis and he is mean to her hoping to drive her away. The four are brought back together and face more hurdles and the biggest tragedy of all. Runs Thursday, April 19 through Tuesday, April 24 at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, 615 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For tickets and information call 714.755.5799 or go to
pacificsymphony.org
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musi- cal and a nomination for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical. The show received an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Musical Revue and three Drama League nominations, including Distinguished Production of a Musical and Distinguished Performance The story goes that on December 4, 1956, an auspicious twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together. Sam Phillips, the “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll” is responsible for launching each of the iconic careers. On a whim, he devised a plan to bring the four legendary musicians together at the Sun Records storefront studio in Memphis for the first and only time. The resulting evening became known as one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll jam sessions in history. Million Dollar Quartet immortalizes that
legendary night with an irresistible all-over- the-map tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations. Here’s the best part, eye candy galore, as the young men sing a diverse arrangement of rock, gospel, R&B and country hits including; “Blue Suede Shoes”, “Fever,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Matchbox,” ”Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,”“Hound Dog” and other carefully selected classics. Portraying these icons are Lee Ferris as Carl
Perkins, Martin Kaye as Jerry Lee Lewis, Derek Keeling as Johnny Cash, Cody Slaughter as Elvis Presley and Christopher Ryan Grant will play the “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Sam Phillips.
Million Dollar Quartet Runs Tuesday, April 24 through Sunday, May 6 at Segerstrom Center For The Arts, 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For tickets and more information call, 714.556.2787 or go to
milliondollarquartetlive.com or
scfta.org.
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RAGE monthly | APRIL 2012
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