Memphis (musical)

*Memphis*
Memphis
	Poster
Music	David Bryan
Lyrics	David Bryan; Joe DiPietro
Book	Joe DiPietro
Productions	2002 Mountain View; 2009 Broadway; 2011 US tour; 2014 West End;
Awards	Tony Award for Best Musical; Tony Award for Best Original Score; Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical; Tony Award for Best Orchestrations;

Memphis is a musical with music by David Bryan, lyrics by Bryan and Joe DiPietro, and a book by DiPietro.

The show is loosely based on the story of Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips,^[1] one of the first white DJs to play black music in the 1950s. It played on Broadway from October 19, 2009, to August 5, 2012, winning four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The show was previously staged at the Strand Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts during the 2018–2019 season, North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts and TheatreWorks in Mountain View, California during the 2003–04 season, as well as the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle during the 2008–2009 season.

^ Devereaux, Teelly (March 10, 2009). "'Memphis' Headed to Broadway Theaters". WHBQ. Archived from the original on March 14, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2009.