This history of rock and roll isn’t exactly pretty. Seedy nightclubs, controversy and cutting-edge recording studios first set the stage for a new kind of jive in the 1950s, changing pop music forever. Experience the magic of rock’s humble Tennessee beginnings with the love story of DJ Huey Calhoun and an up-and-coming black singer named Felicia Farrell. Set to an original score, the Tony-Award-winning, Toledo Broadway nationally touring production, Memphis: The Musical will give you a mini history lesson accompanied by fame, greed and good-old-fashioned danger.
$48+. 7pm, Sunday, March 8. The Valentine Theatre, 410 Adams St. 419-242-ARTS. valentinetheatre.com
This history of rock and roll isn’t exactly pretty. Seedy nightclubs, controversy and cutting-edge recording studios first set the stage for a new kind of jive in the 1950s, changing pop music forever. Experience the magic of rock’s humble Tennessee beginnings with the love story of DJ Huey Calhoun and an up-and-coming black singer named Felicia Farrell. Set to an original score, the Tony-Award-winning, Toledo Broadway nationally touring production, Memphis: The Musical will give you a mini history lesson accompanied by fame, greed and good-old-fashioned danger.
$48+. 7pm, Sunday, March 8. The Valentine Theatre, 410 Adams St. 419-242-ARTS. valentinetheatre.com
