Photo Coverage: MEMPHIS Celebrates 1,000th Performance!

Hockadoo! The 2010 Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS just celebrated 1,000 performances on Broadway on yesterday, March 14th at the 2pm matinee performance. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the celebration below!

MEMPHIS takes place in the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated 50’s, where a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun (Adam Pascal) fell in love with everything he shouldn’t: rock and roll and an electrifying black singer (Montego Glover). MEMPHIS is an original story about the cultural revolution that erupted when his vision met her voice, and the music changed forever.

Critically acclaimed MEMPHIS won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score (David Bryan and Joe DiPietro), Best Book (Joe DiPietro), and Best Orchestrations (David Bryan and Daryl Waters). MEMPHIS won four Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Montego Glover), Outstanding Music (David Bryan) and Outstanding Orchestration (David Bryan and Daryl Waters). MEMPHIS has also won four Outer Critic Circle Awards including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Score (David Bryan & Joe DiPietro), Outstanding Actress (Montego Glover) and Outstanding Choreography (Sergio Trujillo).

MEMPHIS features a Tony-winning score with music by Bon Jovi’s founding member and keyboardist David Bryan and lyrics by Bryan and Tony-winner Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change), who also pens the musical’s book. MEMPHIS is based on a concept by the late George W. George (producer of the Tony nominated Bedroom Farce and the film My Dinner With Andre), with direction by Tony nominee Christopher Ashley (Xanadu) and choreography by Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys).

Tickets range from $41.50 to $136.50 (including a $1.50 facility fee). The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday – Saturday evenings at 8pm, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2pm, and Sundays at 3pm. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.Telecharge.com or call 212.239.6200.

For more information visit www.MemphisTheMusical.com

Photo Credit: Kevin Thomas Garcia

David Bryan, Montego Glover, Adam Pascal and Joe DiPietro

Montego Glover

Adam Pascal and Montego Glover

Adam Pascal

David Bryan and Joe DiPietro

Sergio Trujillo

Edgar Godineaux and Sergio Trujillo

Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal and Telly Leung

Anthony Rapp

Telly Leung

Wilson Cruz

Derrick Baskin

J. Bernard Calloway, James Monroe Iglehart and Derrick Baskin

J. Bernard Calloway and Carmen Ruby Floyd

Preston W. Dugger and Monette McKay

The Cast of "Memphis"

The Cast of "Memphis"

The Cast of "Memphis"

The Cast of "Memphis"

Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz, Telly Leung and former "Rent" cast members come to support Adam Pascal