Memphis

Story

Synopsis

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).

Director

Don Roy King

Writers

Joe DiPietro, David Bryan

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

28 April 2011

Ensemble

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