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Memphis( 2011)

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Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole' local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey's close-minded mama and Felicia's cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. As their careers rise, the relationship is challenged by personal ambition and the pressures of an outside world unable to accept their love. Originally shown in select theatres, then broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 39, episode 11).

    Top Billed Cast

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      Chad Kimball

      Huey Calhoun

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      Montego Glover

      Felicia Farrell

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      Derrick Baskin

      Gator

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      J. Bernard Calloway

      Delray Jones

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      James Monroe Iglehart

      Bobby

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      Michael McGrath

      Mr. Simmons

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      Cass Morgan

      Gladys Calhoun

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      Jennifer Allen

      Clara/White Mother/Ensemble

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      Brad Bass

      Perry Como/Frank Dryer/Ensemble

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      Tracee Beazer

      Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble

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      Tanya Birl

      Ethel/Ensemble

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      Kevin Covert

      Buck Wiley/Martin Holton/Ensemble

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      Preston W. Dugger III

      Be Black Trio/Ensemble

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      Hillary Elk

      Teenager/Ensemble

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      Bryan Fenkart

      Ensemble

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      Dionne Figgins

      Someday Backup Singer/Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble

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      Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines

      Ensemble

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      Rhett George

      Black DJ/Be Black Trio/Ensemble

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      Todrick Hall

      Ensemble

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      Robert Hartwell

      Wailin' Joe/Reverend Hobson/Ensemble

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      John Jellison

      White DJ/Mr. Collins /White Father/Gordon Grant/Ensemble

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      Bryan Langlitz

      Ensemble

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      Kyle Leland

      Be Black Trio/Ensemble

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      Paul McGill

      Ensemble

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      Andy Mills

      Ensemble

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      Betsy Struxness

      Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble

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      Dan'Yelle Williamson

      Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble

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    Original Language

    English

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