Plot
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).
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Cast
Chad Kimball
Huey Calhoun
Montego Glover
Felicia Farrell
Derrick Baskin
Gator
J. Bernard Calloway
Delray Jones
James Monroe Iglehart
Bobby
Michael McGrath
Mr. Simmons
Cass Morgan
Gladys Calhoun
Jennifer Allen
Clara/White Mother/Ensemble
Brad Bass
Perry Como/Frank Dryer/Ensemble
Tracee Beazer
Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble
Tanya Birl
Ethel/Ensemble
Kevin Covert
Buck Wiley/Martin Holton/Ensemble
Preston W. Dugger III
Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Hillary Elk
Teenager/Ensemble
Bryan Fenkart
Ensemble
Dionne Figgins
Someday Backup Singer/Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble
Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines
Ensemble
Rhett George
Black DJ/Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Todrick Hall
Ensemble
Robert Hartwell
Wailin' Joe/Reverend Hobson/Ensemble
John Jellison
White DJ/Mr. Collins /White Father/Gordon Grant/Ensemble
Bryan Langlitz
Ensemble
Kyle Leland
Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Paul McGill
Ensemble
Andy Mills
Ensemble
Betsy Struxness
Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble
Dan'Yelle Williamson
Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble
