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Memphis is a musical with music by David Bryan, lyrics by Bryan and Joe DiPietro, and a book by DiPietro. The show is loosely based on the story of Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips , [ 1 ] one of the first white DJs to play black music in the 1950s.
Memphis: Direct from Broadway is a 2011 film of the original Broadway production of the musical Memphis as captured live in performance on Broadway. The show was captured at Broadway's Shubert Theatre in New York City January 18–21, 2011, utilizing multiple high-definition cameras and 96 tracks of sound recording.
The musical Memphis won four awards, including Best Musical. The revival of Fences earned ten nominations, the most nominations ever received by a play revival, and won three awards. [22] The new play Red received seven nominations and won six awards, the most of any play or musical this season.
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Memphis Music Hall of Fame Class of 2024 inductee Jazze Pha, right, performs with Hall of Famers, left and center, 8Ball & MJG during the induction ceremony on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at the ...
Memphis received mostly positive reviews from critics. Justin Lowe in his review for The Hollywood Reporter called it "A film of quiet intensity and poetic imagery." [8] Rob Nelson of Variety, praised the film by saying that "(it) is a digressive, daringly experimental study of a flailing musician, magnetically played by accomplished bluesman and poet Willis Earl Beal."
Workers help set up the "Elvis: Dressed to Rock" exhibit at Elvis Presley's Memphis. The exhibit features more than 100 jumpsuits, tunics, capes, belts, pieces of jewelry and pairs of sunglasses ...
Joe DiPietro (born 1961 [1]) is an American playwright, lyricist and author. [2] He is best known for the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, for which he won the Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score as well as for writing the book and lyrics for the long-running off-Broadway show I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change.