REVIEW: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ is worth every penny 

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Time to don your best blue suede shoes and walk the line towards the very best rock n’ roll at Indy’s Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre for “Million Dollar Quartet.”& Starring Johnny Cash (Sam C. Jones), Jerry Lee Lewis (Brian Michael Henry), Carl Perkins (Cody Craven) and Elvis Presley (Jesse Plourde), the show electrified the crowd with each musical number.& & The cast performs “See You Later Alligator”, an upbeat song originally sang by Bill Haley and Comets in 1949. (Photo/Indy Ghost Light) The musical outlined the story of Sam Phillips, played by Eddie Curry, and his journey helping the four musicians find stardom. Each one was at their own point in their fame. Jerry Lee Lewis was just finding his feet with Phillips, and Elvis was about to begin his Vegas residency.& & Eddie Curry reprises his role as Sam Phillips in “Million Dollar Quartet”. (Photo/Indy Ghost Light) As the stars grew in fame, they drifted from Phillips’ guidance and his Sun Studio to record with larger groups, creating a rift between Phillips and “his boys.”& & “Million Dollar Quartet” sets the scene for the four musicians to gather for one last hurrah on Dec. 4, 1956. They talk,...

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