Memphis
8.3
165 minutes
4/28/2011
Overview
Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole' local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey's close-minded mama and Felicia's cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. As their careers rise, the relationship is challenged by personal ambition and the pressures of an outside world unable to accept their love. Originally shown in select theatres, then broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 39, episode 11).
Cast List
Chad Kimball
as Huey Calhoun
Montego Glover
as Felicia Farrell
Derrick Baskin
as Gator
J. Bernard Calloway
as Delray Jones
James Monroe Iglehart
as Bobby
Michael McGrath
as Mr. Simmons
Cass Morgan
as Gladys Calhoun
Jennifer Allen
as Clara/White Mother/Ensemble
Brad Bass
as Perry Como/Frank Dryer/Ensemble
Tracee Beazer
as Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble
Tanya Birl
as Ethel/Ensemble
Kevin Covert
as Buck Wiley/Martin Holton/Ensemble
Preston W. Dugger III
as Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Hillary Elk
as Teenager/Ensemble
Bryan Fenkart
as Ensemble
Dionne Figgins
as Someday Backup Singer/Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble
Bahiyah Sayyed Gaines
as Ensemble
Rhett George
as Black DJ/Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Todrick Hall
as Ensemble
Robert Hartwell
as Wailin' Joe/Reverend Hobson/Ensemble
John Jellison
as White DJ/Mr. Collins /White Father/Gordon Grant/Ensemble
Bryan Langlitz
as Ensemble
Kyle Leland
as Be Black Trio/Ensemble
Paul McGill
as Ensemble
Andy Mills
as Ensemble
Betsy Struxness
as Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble
Dan'Yelle Williamson
as Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble