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Million Dollar Quartet ( Noel Coward Theatre ) - Musical

A smash hit on Broadway and in Chicago, the Tony Award-winning MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET tells the electrifying story of the night ELVIS PRESLEY, JOHNNY CASH, CARL PERKINS and JERRY LEE LEWIS came together to make music, and ended up making history. Inspired by the actual event, that took place on 4 December 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis, this ecstatic and engaging musical is a story of fame, friendship, discovery, divided loyalties, professional jealousy and incredible music as four of the music industry's most extraordinary talents, all in their creative prime, made music together for the first and only time in their careers. The legendary meeting was masterminded by Sun Records' founder Sam Phillips, who discovered all four of the musicians, and brought Elvis Presley (and his then girlfriend) back to the recording studio that launched him to stardom. Together with Sun Records' fast-rising new superstar Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, who was still chasing his next big hit after writing and recording Blue Suede Shoes, the fourth member of this impromptu 'quartet' was Phillips' latest signing, Jerry Lee Lewis. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET features over 20 classic hits from a golden era of music including: Blue Suede Shoes, Folsom Prison Blues, Fever, Memories Are Made Of This, That's All Right, Down By The Riverside, Sixteen Tons, (There Will Be) Peace In The Valley, I Walk The Line, I Hear You Knocking, Great Balls Of Fire, Hound Dog, Riders In The Sky, See You Later Alligator and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On. Please Note: There is no interval.

Noel Coward Theatre

St Martin's Lane
London WC2N 4AA

Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Nearest Bus Stop: 24, 29, 176
Nearest Train Station: Charing Cross

Noel Coward Theatre, orginally known as the New Theatre, was built by Sir Charles Wyndham and opened in 1903.
The theatre underwent major refurbishment in 2006, and was renamed the NoÃ«l Coward Theatre when it re-opened for the London premiere of Avenue Q on 1 June 2006.
Coward, one of Britain's greatest playwrights and actors, made his West End debut in his own play, I'll Leave It To You, at the then New Theatre in 1920.
The theatre seats 872 patrons on 4 levels. The building is now a Grade II Listed structure.