Sunday, August 22, 2010

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS … JERRY LEE LEWIS

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS …

JERRY LEE LEWIS

JERRY LEE LEWIS

Rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, the last surviving member of the real-life foursome that inspired the Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet, will be in the house at the Nederlander Theatre on September 10, taking the stage for a special encore performance.

In addition to the one-night only performance, Lewis has paired with the production on the new album Mean Old Man, teaming with his onstage counterpart—Tony Award winner Levi Kreis, who scored his trophy portraying Lewis—for a special duet of the classic “Money (That’s What I Want).” The album will be released on Verve/Universal Music Enterprises on September 7. The duet will be included in a special limited edition of Mean Old Man sold exclusively at the Nederlander Theatre.

Million Dollar Quartet is the real life story of an auspicious twist of fate that brought four musicians to Sun Studios for a one-time-only jam session on December 4, 1959. Inspired by the meeting and resulting album, the show features a line up of their rock 'n' roll, gospel, R&B and country hits, including such iconic songs as “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Riders in the Sky,” “I Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”

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