Original Cast Members Hunter Foster and Robert Britton Lyons to Return to Million Dollar Quartet

Hunter Foster and Robert Britton Lyons, who created the roles of Sun Records producer Sam Phillips and rockabilly legend Carl Perkins in Broadway's nostaligia-filled tuner Million Dollar Quartet, will return to the musical on May 3. Foster departed the show on December 21, 2010, to star in the musical adaptation of Little Miss Sunshine at the La Jolla Playhouse, and Lyons has been across the pond playing Perkins in the West End production of the show. Understudies James Moye (Sam Phillips) and Erik Hayden (Carl Perkins) have been performing in their absence.

Upon their return, Foster and Lyons will again share a stage with fellow original cast members Eddie Clendening as Elvis Presley and Lance Guest as Johnny Cash, along with Jared Mason as Jerry Lee Lewis and Victoria Matlock as Dyanne.

Inspired by the famed December 4, 1956, recording session that brought together four rock icons, Million Dollar Quartet recreates the historic day in the Memphis Sun Records studio when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins took part in an impromptu jam session. The show includes some of the actual songs that were performed on the day as well as standards for the quartet including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “I Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On.”