Are you ready to journey back to Beale Street at a time when blues and rockabilly were mixing? The Arts Center of Cannon County at 1424 John Bragg Highway sets that mood with their presentation of "MEMPHIS--THE MUSICAL", March 11-26, 2016. Friday and Saturday night performances are at 7:30PM with a Sunday matinee at 2:00. Phone 615-563-ARTS (2787) or visit their website at www.ArtsCenterOfCC.com to reserve your seats.
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.
The cast includes Michael McGee, Jordan McCullough, Quantavius Rankin, Susan Arnold Walsworth, Bill White, Zavior Phillips, Laurie Burger, Sam Wright, Shayna Brown, Maryam Mohammed, Julie Kelley, Eli Ragland, James Bessant, Tim Kelley, Kristin Taylor, Mckenzie Turney, Zoe Mulraine, Toyin Edogun, Mary Grace Bouldin, and Alexander Sanford.
Tickets are $15 for general admission; $13 for students and senior citizens (65+), and groups of 10 or more $12.
