Jukebox musical Million Dollar Quartet is to close at the Noël Coward theatre on 14 January, just short of a year after it opened in the West End.
The musical, which played on Broadway prior to coming to London, recreates the moment in 1956 when four greats of rock ‘n’ roll – Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins – gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for an impromptu jam session.
The score includes the classic hit songs Blue Suede Shoes – written by Perkins but made famous by Presley – I Walk The Line, Hound Dog and Great Balls Of Fire.
Michael Malarkey, Derek Hagen, Ben Goddard and Oliver Seymour-Marsh star as the famous foursome, with Bill Ward as Sun Records boss Sam Phillips and Francesca Jackson as Presley’s girlfriend Dyanne.
The musical’s producers are currently laying plans for a UK tour following its departure from the West End.
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