New Musical Million Dollar Quartet Will Rock Broadway in Spring 2010

Million Dollar Quartet, the new hit rock show currently playing an extended engagement at Chicago’s Goodman’s Owen Theatre, will transfer to Broadway in Spring 2010. The 1950s rock ’n’ roll tuner, directed by Eric Schaeffer with a book by Colin Escott and Floyd Muntrux, will make its way to an as-yet unannounced Broadway theater. Casting, dates and complete creative team will be announced at a later date.

Inspired by the famed December 4, 1956, recording session that brought together rock icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, Million Dollar Quartet recreates the legendary jam session and the story of the men who made it happen. The production features a roster of classic rock and country hits, including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “I Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blue” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”

Million Dollar Quartet originally opened in Chicago on October 5, 2008, extending its critically acclaimed run and receiving three regional Jeff Award nominations, including Best Production of a Musical.

Director Schaeffer is currently the co-founder and artistic director of the acclaimed Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, recently honored with a Tony Award for Regional Theatre Excellence. On Broadway, Schaeffer has directed Putting it Together and Glory Days. Additional helming credits include the first national tour of Big, The Musical, and The Witches of Eastwick on London’s West End, as well as numerous productions for Signature.

Escott is a noted music historian and the author of numerous books, including Good Rockin’ Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll. He won a Grammy Award for his production work on The Complete Hank Williams, and received a second nomination for producing B.B. King: The King of Blues. Muntrux is a regular director, writer and producer of films, including the early rock’n’roll biopic American Hot Wax. His screenwriting credits include The Hollywood Knights, American Me, Bound by Honor, There Goes My Baby and Mulholland Falls.

Million Dollar Quartet is being produced by Relevant Theatricals, John Cossette Productions, Northern Lights Inc., Broadway Across America and James L. Nederlander.