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).
as Huey Calhoun
as Felicia Farrell
as Gator
as Delray Jones
as Bobby
as Mr. Simmons
as Gladys Calhoun
as Clara/White Mother/Ensemble
as Perry Como/Frank Dryer/Ensemble
as Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble
as Ethel/Ensemble
as Buck Wiley/Martin Holton/Ensemble
as Be Black Trio/Ensemble
as Teenager/Ensemble
as Ensemble
as Someday Backup Singer/Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble
as Ensemble
as Black DJ/Be Black Trio/Ensemble
as Ensemble
as Wailin' Joe/Reverend Hobson/Ensemble
as White DJ/Mr. Collins /White Father/Gordon Grant/Ensemble
as Ensemble
as Be Black Trio/Ensemble
as Ensemble
as Ensemble
as Double Dutch Girl/Ensemble
as Someday Backup Singer/Ensemble
